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AUDACIOUS
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Disposed to venture or take risks
Example:
a venturous spirit
Synonyms:
audacious; daring; venturesome; venturous
Classified under:
Similar:
adventuresome; adventurous (willing to undertake or seeking out new and daring enterprises)
Derivation:
audaciousness; audacity (fearless daring)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Unrestrained by convention or propriety
Example:
the modern world with its quick material successes and insolent belief in the boundless possibilities of progress
Synonyms:
audacious; bald-faced; barefaced; bodacious; brassy; brazen; brazen-faced; insolent
Classified under:
Similar:
unashamed (used of persons or their behavior; feeling no shame)
Derivation:
audaciousness; audacity (aggressive boldness or unmitigated effrontery)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Invulnerable to fear or intimidation
Example:
intrepid pioneers
Synonyms:
audacious; brave; dauntless; fearless; hardy; intrepid; unfearing
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
bold (fearless and daring)
Derivation:
audaciousness; audacity (fearless daring)
