audacity
pronunciation
How to pronounce audacity in British English:
UK [ɔ:ˈdæsəti]
How to pronounce audacity in American English:
US [ɔˈdæsɪti]
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- Noun:
- fearless daring
- aggressive boldness or unmitigated effrontery
Word Origin
- audacity (n.)
- mid-15c., from Medieval Latin audacitas "boldness," from Latin audacis genitive of audax (see audacious).
Example
- 1. Last week at the united nations he had the audacity to fear .
- 2. They never let their audacity or tenacity drive them to ruin .
- 3. The audacity of the pirates does not help .
- 4. He writes the blog the audacity of pope about his experience with cancer .
- 5. Conservative online commenters applauded ishihara 's audacity , but the left-leaning asahi shimbun accused him of jeopardising japan 's relations with a vital trading partner .