audacity

au·dac·i·ty  (ô-ds-t)

n. pl. au·dac·i·ties

1. Fearless daring; intrepidity.

2. Bold or insolent heedlessness of restraints, as of those imposed by prudence, propriety, or convention.

3. An act or instance of intrepidity or insolent heedlessness: warned the students than any audacities committed during the graduation ceremony would be punished.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	audacity - fearless daring audaciousness, temerity boldness, hardihood, hardiness, daring - the trait of being willing to undertake things that involve risk or danger; "the proposal required great boldness"; "the plan required great hardiness of heart"
	2.	audacity - aggressive boldness or unmitigated effrontery; "he had the audacity to question my decision" audaciousness boldness, nerve, brass, cheek, face - impudent aggressiveness; "I couldn't believe her boldness"; "he had the effrontery to question my honesty" effrontery, presumptuousness, presumption, assumption - audacious (even arrogant) behavior that you have no right to; "he despised them for their presumptuousness"

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audacity

noun

1. daring, nerve, courage, guts (informal), bravery, boldness, recklessness, face (informal), front, enterprise, valour, fearlessness, rashness, adventurousness, intrepidity, audaciousness, dauntlessness, venturesomeness I was shocked at the audacity of the gangsters.

2. cheek, nerve, defiance, gall (informal), presumption, rudeness, chutzpah (U.S. & Canad. informal), insolence, impertinence, neck (informal), impudence, effrontery, brass neck (Brit. informal), shamelessness, sassiness (U.S. informal), forwardness, pertness, audaciousness, disrespectfulness He had the audacity to look at his watch while I was talking.

Quotations
"Being tactful in audacity is knowing how far one can go too far" [Jean Cocteau Le Rappel à l'ordre]

Translations

audacity [ɔːˈdæsɪtɪ] N

1. (= boldness) → audacia f, osadía f

2. (= impudence) → atrevimiento m, descaro m
to have the audacity to do sth → tener el descaro de hacer algo

audacity [ɔːˈdæsɪti] n (= daring) → audace f
to have the audacity to do sth → avoir l'audace de faire qch

audacity, audaciousness

n

(= impudence) → Dreistigkeit f, → Unverfrorenheit f; to have the audacity to do something → die Dreistigkeit or Unverfrorenheit besitzen, etw zu tun

(= boldness) → Kühnheit, Verwegenheit f

audacity [ɔːˈdæsɪtɪ] n (boldness) → audacia; (impudence) → sfacciataggine f, sfrontatezza

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audacity [ɔːˈdæsɪtɪ] n (boldness) → audacia; (impudence) → sfacciataggine f, sfrontatezza