Audacious

Pronunciation

• RP enPR: ô-dāʹshÉ™s IPA: /ɔːˈdeɪʃəs/
• Rhymes: -eɪʃəs

Origin

From Latin audacia ("boldness"), from audax ("bold"), from audeō ("I am bold, I dare")

Full definition of audacious

Adjective

1. Showing willingness to take bold risks; recklessly daring.
• 22 March 2012, Scott Tobias, AV Club The Hunger Gameshttp://www.avclub.com/articles/the-hunger-games,71293/That such a safe adaptation could come of The Hunger Games speaks more to the trilogy’s commercial ascent than the book’s actual content, which is audacious and savvy in its dark calculations.
2. Impudent.

Synonyms

• (willing to take bold risks) bold, daring, temeritous, temerarious

Antonyms

• (willing to take bold risks) shy, cautious, prudent

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