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Webster 1913 Edition
Audacious
Au-da′cious
,Adj.
[F.
audacieux
, as if fr. LL. audaciosus
(not found), fr. L. audacia
audacity, fr. audax
, -acis
, bold, fr. audere
to dare.] 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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Audacious
AUDA'CIOUS
,Adj.
1.
Very bold or daring; impudent; conteming the restraints of law, religion or decorum; used for bold in wickedness; applied to persons; as an audacious wretch.2.
Committed with, or proceeding from, daring effrontery, or contempt of law; as an audacious crime.3.
Bold; spirited.Definition 2024
audacious
audacious
English
Adjective
audacious (comparative more audacious, superlative most audacious)
- Showing willingness to take bold risks; recklessly daring.
- 22 March 2012, Scott Tobias, AV Club The Hunger Games
- That such a safe adaptation could come of The Hunger Games speaks more to the trilogy’s commercial ascent than the book’s actual content, which is audacious and savvy in its dark calculations.
- 2014 August 21, “A brazen heist in Paris [print version: International New York Times, 22 August 2014, p. 8]”, in The New York Times:
- The audacious hijacking in Paris of a van carrying the baggage of a Saudi prince to his private jet is obviously an embarrassment to the French capital, whose ultra-high-end boutiques have suffered a spate of heists in recent months.
- 22 March 2012, Scott Tobias, AV Club The Hunger Games
- Impudent.
Synonyms
- (willing to take bold risks): bold, daring, temeritous, temerarious
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showing willingness to take bold risks
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impudent