Thesaurus: audacious
Daring; spirited; adventurous.
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Definitions
- a. Daring; spirited; adventurous.
- a. Contemning the restraints of law, religion, or decorum; bold in wickedness; presumptuous; impudent; insolent.
- a. Committed with, or proceedings from, daring effrontery or contempt of law, morality, or decorum.
- adj. invulnerable to fear or intimidation
- adj. unrestrained by convention or propriety
- adj. disposed to venture or take risks
- 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.
- j:100 s. invulnerable to fear or intimidation s. unrestrained by convention or propriety s. disposed to venture or take risks