Dictionary

audacity en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ɔːˈdæ.sɪ.ti/ (UK)
• /ɑˈdæ.sɪ.ti/ (cot-caught-merger)
• [ɔˈdæ.sɪ.ɾi] (US)
• (US) audio
• ô-dăʹsĭti (US)
• [ɑˈdæ.sɪ.ɾi] (cot-caught-merger)
• ô-dăʹsĭti (UK)
• /ɔˈdæ.sɪ.ti/ (US)

Etymology

From Middle English audacite, from Medieval Latin audācitās (whence -acity), from Latin audāx (“bold”), from audeō (“to be bold, to dare”).

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) Insolent boldness, especially when imprudent or unconventional.
   • Somebody never pays his loans, yet he has the audacity to ask the bank for money.
   • “Oh?” she said. “So you have decided to revise my guest list for me? You have the nerve, the – the –” I saw she needed helping out. “Audacity,” I said, throwing her the line. “The audacity to dictate to me who I shall have in my house.” It should have been “whom”, but I let it go. “You have the –” “Crust.” “– the immortal rind,” she amended, and I had to admit it was stronger, “to tell me whom” – she got it right that time – “I may entertain at Brinkley Court and who” – wrong again – “I may not.” 1960, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, chapter XVIII, in Jeeves in the Offing, London: Herbert Jenkins, →OCLC:
   • The brash private had the audacity to criticize the general.
2. (countable, uncountable) Fearlessness, intrepidity or daring, especially with confident disregard for personal safety, conventional thought, or other restrictions.

Forms

Deriveds

Caucasity · inaudacity · ovarian audacity

Relateds

audacious

Synonyms

chutzpah · audaciousness · outdaciousness · gall · temerity

Translations (115)

es audacia (insolent boldness) · fr culot (insolent boldness) · cs opovážlivost (insolent boldness) · fi julkeus (insolent boldness) · fr impudence (insolent boldness) · es osadía (fearless daring) · da frækhed (insolent boldness) · acw بَجَاحَة (insolent boldness) · fi röyhkeys (insolent boldness) · is dirfska (fearless daring) · hu bátorság (fearless daring) · cmn 大膽 /大胆 (fearless daring) · grc τόλμη (insolent boldness) · bg безстрашие (fearless daring) · pl aroganckość (insolent boldness) · de Dreistigkeit (insolent boldness) · hu vakmerőség (fearless daring) · pl hucpiarskość (insolent boldness) · cy beiddgarwch (fearless daring) · tr korkusuzluk (insolent boldness) · de Verwegenheit (fearless daring) · ru де́рзость (insolent boldness) · cs smělost (insolent boldness) · pl impertynencja (insolent boldness) · th อหังการ (insolent boldness) · is ósvífni (insolent boldness) · tr cesaret (insolent boldness) · fr culot (fearless daring) · de Kühnheit (fearless daring) · tr girişkenlik (fearless daring) · tr küstahlık (insolent boldness) · ota جسورلق (fearless daring) · cmn 魯莽 /鲁莽 (insolent boldness) · eo aŭdaco (fearless daring) · el θράσος (insolent boldness) · fr audace (insolent boldness) · sv fräckhet (insolent boldness) · is bíræfni (insolent boldness) · ca desvergonyiment (insolent boldness) · gl descaro (insolent boldness) · gl atrevemento (fearless daring) · es audacia (fearless daring) · cs odvaha (fearless daring) · fa جرأت (insolent boldness) · fi otsa (insolent boldness) · eo aŭdaco (insolent boldness) · es desfachatez (insolent boldness) · yi חוצפּה (insolent boldness) · pl impertynenckość (insolent boldness) · tr cüret (insolent boldness) · hu vakmerőség (insolent boldness) · io audaco (insolent boldness) · bg дързост (insolent boldness) · ka თავხედობა (insolent boldness) · he אומץ לב (fearless daring) · sv djärvhet (fearless daring) · ca gosadia (fearless daring) · uk зухвалість (insolent boldness) · cmn 放肆 (insolent boldness) · is ófyrirleitni (insolent boldness) · tr cürret (fearless daring) · de Unverschämtheit (insolent boldness) · nl brutaliteit (insolent boldness) · ru бесстра́шие (fearless daring) · pl zuchwałość (fearless daring) · pl bezwstyd (insolent boldness) · pl arogancja (insolent boldness) · de Chuzpe (fearless daring) · pl tupeciarskość (insolent boldness) · pl bezwstydność (insolent boldness) · cmn 無畏 /无畏 (fearless daring) · pl śmiałość (fearless daring) · th มุทะลุ (insolent boldness) · de Mut (fearless daring) · gl audacia (fearless daring) · de Wagemut (fearless daring) · ca barra (insolent boldness) · fa پررویی (insolent boldness) · el τόλμη (fearless daring) · io audaco (fearless daring) · is ofdirfska (insolent boldness) · pt audácia (fearless daring) · pl zuchwałość (insolent boldness) · gl afouteza (fearless daring) · de Unverfrorenheit (insolent boldness) · gl insolencia (insolent boldness) · pl bezczelność (insolent boldness) · fr toupet (insolent boldness) · bg смелост (fearless daring) · ar جُرْأَة (insolent boldness) · gl ousadía (fearless daring) · tr cesurluk (insolent boldness) · cy digywilydd-dra (insolent boldness) · de Verwegenheit f. (insolent boldness) · pl czelność (insolent boldness) · hu rettenthetetlenség (fearless daring) · acw جُرْأَة (insolent boldness) · pt audácia (insolent boldness) · tr atılganlık (fearless daring) · sv dristighet (fearless daring) · ar وَقَاحَة (insolent boldness) · de Draufgängertum (fearless daring) · is fífldirfska (fearless daring) · he עזות מצח (insolent boldness) · fr audace (fearless daring) · ro îndrăzneală (fearless daring) · ca audàcia (fearless daring) · tr cesaret (fearless daring) · ru сме́лость (insolent boldness) · es demasía (fearless daring) · mi whakatoatoa (fearless daring) · de Heldenmut (fearless daring) · fi uhkarohkeus (fearless daring) · nl moed (fearless daring) · cs troufalost (insolent boldness)