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audacious

[aw-dey-shuhs]

adjective

  1. extremely bold or daring; recklessly brave; fearless.

    an audacious explorer.

    Synonyms: , , ,
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  2. extremely original; without restriction to prior ideas; highly inventive.

    an audacious vision of the city's bright future.

  3. recklessly bold in defiance of convention, propriety, law, or the like; insolent; brazen.

    Synonyms: , , ,
  4. lively; unrestrained; uninhibited.

    an audacious interpretation of her role.



audacious

/ ɔːˈdeɪʃəs, ɔːˈdæsɪtɪ /

adjective

  1. recklessly bold or daring; fearless

  2. impudent or presumptuous

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Other 51Թ Forms

  • audaciously adverb
  • audaciousness noun
  • unaudacious adjective
  • unaudaciously adverb
  • unaudaciousness noun
  • ˈ岹dzܲԱ noun
  • ˈ岹dzܲ adverb
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of audacious1

First recorded in 1540–50; audaci(ty) + -ous
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of audacious1

C16: from Latin ܻ bold, from ܻŧ to dare
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Wilson said the album would be a “teenage symphony to God,” a piece of music so audacious it would unlock the straitjacket he felt was keeping pop music bland and predictable.

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Russia's defence ministry said it had targeted Rivne's Dubno base and described this as "one of the retaliatory strikes" in response to Ukraine's audacious drone attacks on Russian airfields on 1 June.

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O’Hara’s audacious antics are stimulating at first, but there’s not enough dramatic interest to sustain such a grueling journey.

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This week saw Ukraine mount an audacious drone attack on Russian airfields, Donald Trump ban people in 12 countries from travelling to the US, while Billie Piper returned to Doctor Who.

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The conversation between the two leaders marks the first since Ukraine launched an audacious attack striking Russian air bases on 1 June, targeting nuclear-capable long-range bombers.

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