audacity
Insolent boldness, especially when imprudent or unconventional.
Noun
- Insolent boldness, especially when imprudent or unconventional.
- The brash private had the audacity to criticize the general.
- Somebody never pays his loans, yet he has the audacity to ask the bank for money.
- “Oh?” she said. “So you have decided to revise my guest list for me? You have the nerve, the – the –” I saw she needed helping out. “Audacity,” I said, throwing her the line. “The audacity to dictate to me who I shall...
Synonyms: audaciousness chutzpah outdaciousness temerity gall
- Fearlessness, intrepidity or daring, especially with confident disregard for personal safety, conventional thought, or other restrictions.
Origin
From late Middle English audacite, from Medieval Latin audacitas, from Latin audax (“bold”), from audeō (“to be bold, to dare”).