English-Thai Dictionary

audacity

N ความกล้า  ความ ไร้มารยา ท 

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

AUDACITY

n. 1. Boldness, sometimes in a good sense; daring spirit, resolution or confidence.
2. Audaciousness; impudence; in a bad sense; implying a contempt of law or moral restraint.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

AUDACITY

AUDACITY Au *dac "i *ty, n.

 

1. Daring spirit, resolution, or confidence; venturesomeness. The freedom and audacity necessary in the commerce of men. Tatler.

 

2. Reckless daring; presumptuous impudence; -- implying a contempt of law or moral restraints. With the most arrogant audacity. Joye.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

audacity

au dac i ty |ôˈdasitē ɔˈdæsədi | ▶noun 1 the willingness to take bold risks: her audacity came in handy during our most recent emergency. 2 rude or disrespectful behavior; impudence: she had the audacity to pick up the receiver and ask me to hang up. ORIGIN late Middle English: from medieval Latin audacitas, from audax, audac- ‘bold ’ (see audacious ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

audacity

audacity |ɔːˈdasɪti | ▶noun [ mass noun ] 1 a willingness to take bold risks: he whistled at the sheer audacity of the plan. 2 rude or disrespectful behaviour; impudence: she had the audacity to suggest I'd been carrying on with him. ORIGIN late Middle English: from medieval Latin audacitas, from audax, audac- ‘bold ’ (see audacious ).

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

audacity

audacity noun 1 he had the audacity to contradict me: impudence, impertinence, insolence, presumption, cheek, bad manners, effrontery, nerve, gall, defiance, temerity; informal chutzpah, sass. 2 a traveler of extraordinary audacity: boldness, daring, fearlessness, intrepidity, bravery, courage, heroism, pluck, grit; recklessness; spirit, mettle; informal guts, gutsiness, spunk, moxie.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

audacity

audacity noun 1 he was a traveller of extraordinary audacity: boldness, daring, fearlessness, intrepidity, bravery, courage, courageousness, valour, valorousness, heroism, pluck, recklessness; adventurousness, enterprise, dynamism, spirit, mettle, confidence; informal guts, gutsiness, spunk, grit; Brit. informal bottle, ballsiness; N. Amer. informal moxie, cojones, sand; vulgar slang balls; rare venturousness, temerariousness. ANTONYMS timidity. 2 he had the audacity to contradict me: impudence, impertinence, insolence, presumption, presumptuousness, forwardness, cheek, cheekiness, impoliteness, unmannerliness, bad manners, rudeness, effrontery, nerve, gall, brazenness, brashness, shamelessness, pertness, defiance, boldness, temerity; informal brass, brass neck, neck, face, cockiness; Brit. informal sauce; Scottish informal snash; N. Amer. informal sass, sassiness, nerviness, chutzpah; informal, dated hide; Brit. informal, dated crust; archaic malapertness; rare procacity, assumption. ANTONYMS politeness.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

audacity

au dac i ty /ɔːdǽsəti /名詞 複 -ties U C (人 計画 行為などの )大胆さ, 無謀さ (boldness ); 無礼さ, 厚かましさ ▸ have the audacity to do ずうずうしくも …する