Definizione monolingua

audacity

audacity (plural audacities)

1. 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.

   • 1960, P. G. Wodehouse, Jeeves in the Offing, chapter XVIII:

     “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.”

2. Fearlessness, intrepid daring.

Definizione dizionario audacity

ardire

audacia

faccia tosta

impudenza

sfrontatezza

Altri significati:

Fearless daring.

fearless daring

Fearless, intrepid daring.

Insolent boldness, especially when imprudent or unconventional.

Aggressive boldness or unmitigated effrontery.

daredevil (attitude)

(behaving) outrageously as though there were no one around

insolent boldness