Audacious
extremely bold or daring; recklessly brave; fearless:
an audacious explorer.
extremely original; without restriction to prior ideas; highly inventive:
an audacious vision of the city’s bright future.
recklessly bold in defiance of convention, propriety, law, or the like; insolent; brazen.
lively; unrestrained; uninhibited:
an audacious interpretation of her role.
Contemporary Examples
Christie was quick to respond with a statement that began with a line that was audacious even by Jersey standards.
David Wildstein: A Christie Groupie Scorned? Michael Daly January 31, 2014
Yet such a move would almost certainly be widely seen as an audacious display of ingratitude.
AIG May Sue the Government For An Insufficiently Generous Bailout Megan McArdle January 7, 2013
Up from History offers an audacious revision of Washington’s reputation.
David’s Book Club: Up From History David Frum February 1, 2013
The former prime minister wants to lead Italy again and is pandering in an ugly, audacious way.
The ‘Unbreakable’ Silvio Berlusconi Barbie Latza Nadeau January 30, 2013
Two years ago, Haddad made “happen” Jasad, an audacious magazine in the Middle East devoted exclusively to the body.
Nude Art Mag Riles Middle East Betwa Sharma September 2, 2010
Historical Examples
His black eyes were of the audacious sort, and he flashed a glance of admiration at Patty.
Patty’s Social Season Carolyn Wells
There was no audacious bobcat around to worry them that night.
With Trapper Jim in the North Woods Lawrence J. Leslie
What such an audacious look of well-being, under august displeasure, could mean she could not understand.
A Little Princess Frances Hodgson Burnett
She was an audacious woman, and openly looked compassionately at me.
Little Dorrit Charles Dickens
Still the plan, considering the Boers’ skill in defending strong positions, had an audacious look about it.
With Rimington L. March Phillipps
adjective
recklessly bold or daring; fearless
impudent or presumptuous
adj.
1540s, “confident, intrepid,” from Middle French audacieux, from audace “boldness,” from Latin audacia “daring, boldness, courage,” from audax “brave, bold, daring,” but more often “bold” in a bad sense, “audacious, rash, foolhardy,” from audere “to dare, be bold.” Bad sense of “shameless” is attested from 1590s in English. Related: Audaciously.
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