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au⋅da⋅cious

  [aw-dey-shuhs]
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–adjective
1. extremely bold or daring; recklessly brave; fearless: an audacious explorer.
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.
4. lively; unrestrained; uninhibited: an audacious interpretation of her role.
Origin:
1540–50; audaci(ty) + -ous

Related forms:
au⋅da⋅cious⋅ly, adverb
au⋅da⋅cious⋅ness, noun

Synonyms:
1. courageous, intrepid, dauntless, venturesome. 3. unabashed, shameless; impertinent, forward.

Antonyms:
1. cowardly.
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au·da·cious   (ô-dā'shəs)   
adj.  
  1. Fearlessly, often recklessly daring; bold. See Synonyms at adventurous, brave.
  2. Unrestrained by convention or propriety; insolent.
  3. Spirited and original: an audacious interpretation of two Jacobean dramas.

[French audacieux, from Old French audace, boldness, from Latin audācia, from audāx, audāc-, bold, from audēre, to dare, from avidus, avid; see avid.]
au·da'cious·ly adv., au·da'cious·ness n.
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Audacious

Au*da"cious\, a. [F. audacieux, as if fr. LL. audaciosus (not found), fr. L. audacia audacity, fr. audax, -acis, bold, fr. audere to dare.]

1. Daring; spirited; adventurous.

As in a cloudy chair, ascending rides Audacious. --Milton.

2. Contemning the restraints of law, religion, or decorum; bold in wickedness; presumptuous; impudent; insolent. " Audacious traitor." --Shak. " Such audacious neighborhood." --Milton.

3. Committed with, or proceedings from, daring effrontery or contempt of law, morality, or decorum. "Audacious cruelty." "Audacious prate." --Shak.
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Language Translation for : audacious
Spanish: audaz,
German: kühn,
Japanese: 大胆な
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