Tuesday word: Audacious

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Tuesday, June 2, 2020

Audacious (adjective)
au·da·cious [aw-dey-shuhs]

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.

OTHER WORDS FROM AUDACIOUS
au·da·cious·ly, adverb
au·da·cious·ness, noun
un·au·da·cious, adjective
un·au·da·cious·ly, adverb
un·au·da·cious·ness, noun

WORDS RELATED TO AUDACIOUS
foolhardy, bold, resolute, adventurous, courageous, risky, brazen, brassy, brave, cheeky, daredevil, dauntless, enterprising, fearless, intrepid, nervy, rash, unafraid, undaunted, valiant

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

Antonyms
1. cowardly.

Origin: 1540–50; audaci(ty) + -ous

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