audacity

[US]/ɔː'dæsɪtɪ/
[UK]/ɔ'dæsəti/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. boldness, fearless recklessness; daring behavior without shame; impudent speech.

Example Sentences

your audacity is unbelievable.

the audacity of a successful financier

have the audacity to (do)

He had the audacity to ask for an increase in salary.

he whistled at the sheer audacity of the plan.

He had the audacity to pick pockets in broad daylight.

The book is anodd combination of audacity andintense conservatism.

Sky-diving takes both audacity and skill.

she had the audacity to suggest I'd been carrying on with him.

21. The policy-related passages in “The Audacity of Hope”, his second autobiography, are scattershot and banal.

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