audacity
noun
[ ɔːˈdasɪti ]
• a willingness to take bold risks.
• "he whistled at the sheer audacity of the plan"
Similar:
boldness,
daring,
fearlessness,
intrepidity,
bravery,
courage,
courageousness,
valour,
valorousness,
heroism,
pluck,
recklessness,
adventurousness,
enterprise,
dynamism,
spirit,
mettle,
confidence,
guts,
gutsiness,
spunk,
grit,
bottle,
ballsiness,
moxie,
cojones,
sand,
venturousness,
temerariousness,
balls,
• rude or disrespectful behaviour; impudence.
• "she had the audacity to suggest I'd been carrying on with him"
Similar:
impudence,
impertinence,
insolence,
presumption,
presumptuousness,
forwardness,
cheek,
cheekiness,
impoliteness,
unmannerliness,
bad manners,
rudeness,
effrontery,
nerve,
gall,
brazenness,
brashness,
shamelessness,
pertness,
defiance,
boldness,
temerity,
brass,
brass neck,
neck,
face,
cockiness,
sauce,
snash,
sass,
sassiness,
nerviness,
chutzpah,
hide,
crust,
malapertness,
procacity,
assumption,
Origin:
late Middle English: from medieval Latin audacitas, from audax, audac- ‘bold’ (see audacious).
