audacity
Syllables: au·da·ci·tyUK/ɔːˈdæ.sɪ.ti//ɔˈdæ.sɪ.ti/
audacity noun: insolent boldness, especially when imprudent or unconventional.
Noun
audacity (countable and uncountable, plural audacities)
- Insolent boldness, especially when imprudent or unconventional.
- The brash private had the audacity to criticize the general.
- Somebody never pays his loans, yet he has the audacity to ask the bank for money.
- Synonyms:
- audaciousness, chutzpah, outdaciousness, temerity, gall
- Fearlessness, intrepidity or daring, especially with confident disregard for personal safety, conventional thought, or other restrictions.
audacity meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
audacity in Hindi
- दुस्साहस, दुस्साहसिकता
audacity in Tamil
- துணிவு, துடுக்கு
audacity in Urdu
- audacity, courage
- گردہ gurda
audacity in Bengali
- audacity, imprudence, insolence
- আস্পদ্দা aśpodda
- audacity
- ধ্যাষ্টামি dhêśṭami, বাড় baṛ
More languagesFewer languages
- audacity in Malayalam
- ധിക്കാരം, അഹങ്കാരം, ധീരത
- audacity in Kannada
- ದಿಟ್ಟತನ, ಎದೆಗಾರಿಕೆ, ಛಾತಿ, ಧೈರ್ಯ
- audacity in Sanskrit
- प्रतिभा pratibhā
- audacity in Nepali
- दुस्साहसिकता
- audacity in Arabic
- جُرْأَة jurʔa, وَقَاحَة waqāḥa
- audacity in Persian
- جرأت jor'at, پررویی por-ruyi
- audacity in Thai
- อหังการ, มุทะลุ
Examples of audacity in a sentence
- The audacity of that man rolling up in court was astounding.
- You sat and had the audacity to beg for forgiveness, for a truce, for a forgettance.
- You'll get wrong off the War Ag, Muriel, man,’ Eileen said, gaping at her audacity.
Synonyms of audacity
Forms of audacity
| plural | audacities |
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Origin of audacity
From Middle English audacite, from Medieval Latin audācitās (whence -acity), from Latin audāx (“bold”), from audeō (“to be bold, to dare”).
Words formed from audacity
Words that rhyme with audacity
Questions about audacity
- What does audacity mean?
- Audacity means insolent boldness, especially when imprudent or unconventional.
- What is audacity in Hindi?
- Audacity in Hindi is दुस्साहस, दुस्साहसिकता. See Audacity meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is audacity?
- Audacity is a noun.
- How do you pronounce audacity?
- Audacity is pronounced /ɔːˈdæ.sɪ.ti/ (UK).
- What is the plural of audacity?
- The plural of audacity is audacities.
Words near audacity in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: audacity (page history and authors); audacity (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); audacity (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); گردہ (Urdu) (page history and authors); আস্পদ্দা (Bengali) (page history and authors); audacity (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); audacity (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); प्रतिभा (Sanskrit) (page history and authors); audacity (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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