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au·da·cious

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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 Audio Help (ô-dā'shəs) Pronunciation Key
adj.

Fearlessly, often recklessly daring; bold. See Synonyms at adventurous, brave.
Unrestrained by convention or propriety; insolent.
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
adjective
1.	invulnerable to fear or intimidation; "audacious explorers"; "fearless reporters and photographers"; "intrepid pioneers"
2.	unrestrained by convention or propriety; "an audacious trick to pull"; "a barefaced hypocrite"; "the most bodacious display of tourism this side of Anaheim"- Los Angeles Times; "bald-faced lies"; "brazen arrogance"; "the modern world with its quick material successes and insolent belief in the boundless possibilities of progress"- Bertrand Russell
3.	disposed to venture or take risks; "audacious visions of the total conquest of space"; "an audacious interpretation of two Jacobean dramas"; "the most daring of contemporary fiction writers"; "a venturesome investor"; "a venturous spirit"

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audacious [oːˈdeiʃəs] adjective

bold and daring
Example: an audacious plan

Arabic:	مُغامِر، جَريء
Chinese (Simplified):	大胆的
Chinese (Traditional):	大膽的
Czech:	odvážný
Danish:	dristig; vovet; forvoven
Dutch:	vermetel
Estonian:	hulljulge
Finnish:	uskalias
French:	audacieux
German:	kühn
Greek:	τολμηρός
Hungarian:	vakmerő
Icelandic:	djarfur, áræðinn
Indonesian:	berani
Italian:	audace

Japanese:	大胆な
Korean:	대담한, 뻔뻔스러운
Latvian:	pārdrošs; nekaunīgs
Lithuanian:	drąsus
Norwegian:	dristig, vågal, djerv
Polish:	zuchwały
Portuguese (Brazil):	audacioso
Portuguese (Portugal):	audacioso
Romanian:	îndrăzneţ
Russian:	отважный; дерзкий
Slovak:	odvážny
Slovenian:	drzen
Spanish:	audaz
Swedish:	djärv, oförvägen
Turkish:	cüretkâr, gözüpek

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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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