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BODACIOUS
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
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
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Similar:
unashamed (used of persons or their behavior; feeling no shame)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Example:
a bodacious gossip
Classified under:
Similar:
unmitigated (not diminished or moderated in intensity or severity; sometimes used as an intensifier)
Domain usage:
colloquialism (a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech)