audacity

/ɔːˈdæsɪti/

nounau · dac · i · ty

Think: “AWE-DASH-ity” — it takes awe and a dash of boldness to have audacity.

Yes, it's audacity. Don’t swap the middle vowels: it’s **au-DA-c-i-ty** (…**a**…**i**…), not *au-de-* or *au-da-ci-tee*.

Definitions

  1. nounbold or rude behavior, especially when it shows a lack of respect
  2. nouna willingness to take surprisingly bold risks; daring

Examples

  • “He had the audacity to criticize my work without reading it first.”
  • “Starting a business at sixteen took real audacity.”
  • “I couldn’t believe the audacity of the driver who cut in line and then honked at everyone.”

Synonyms

boldnessnerveimpudencebrashnessdaring

Antonyms

timiditymodestyrespectfulness

Translations

ES audaciaPT audáciaFR audace

Common misspellings

audasityaudacityyaudacetyaudictyaudacittyaudaciti

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