English-Thai Dictionary

audacious

ADJ กล้าหาญ  ชอบ เสี่ยงภัย  fearless brave kla-han

 

audaciously

ADV อย่างกล้าหาญ  ไม่ เกรงกลัว  boldly fearlessly bravely yang-kla-han

 

audaciousness

N ความ กล้าได้กล้าเสีย 

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

AUDACIOUS

a.[L. audax; audeo, to dare. The sense is, advancing forward. ] 1. Very bold or daring; impudent; conteming the restraints of law, religion or decorum; used for bold in wickedness; applied to persons; as an audacious wretch.
2. Committed with, or proceeding from, daring effrontery, or contempt of law; as an audacious crime.
3. Bold; spirited.

 

AUDACIOUSLY

adv. In an impudent manner; with excess of boldness.

 

AUDACIOUSNESS

n.The quality of being audacious; impudence; audacity.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

AUDACIOUS

Au *da "cious, a. Etym: [F. audacieux, as if fr. LL. audaciosus (not found ), fr. L. audacia audacity, fr. audax, -acis, bold, fr. audere to dare. ]

 

1. Daring; spirited; adventurous. As in a cloudy chair, ascending rides Audacious. Milton.

 

2. Contemning the restraints of law, religion, or decorum; bold in wickedness; presumptuous; impudent; insolent. " Audacious traitor. " Shak. " Such audacious neighborhood. " Milton.

 

3. Committed with, or proceedings from, daring effrontery or contempt of law, morality, or decorum. "Audacious cruelty. " "Audacious prate. " Shak.

 

AUDACIOUSLY

AUDACIOUSLY Au *da "cious *ly, adv.

 

Defn: In an audacious manner; with excess of boldness; impudently.

 

AUDACIOUSNESS

AUDACIOUSNESS Au *da "cious *ness, n.

 

Defn: The quality of being audacious; impudence; audacity.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

audacious

au da cious |ôˈdāSHəs ɔˈdeɪʃəs | ▶adjective 1 showing a willingness to take surprisingly bold risks: a series of audacious takeovers. 2 showing an impudent lack of respect: an audacious remark. DERIVATIVES au da cious ly adverb, au da cious ness noun ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: from Latin audax, audac- ‘bold ’ (from audere ‘dare ’) + -ious .

 

Oxford Dictionary

audacious

audacious |ɔːˈdeɪʃəs | ▶adjective 1 showing a willingness to take surprisingly bold risks: a series of audacious takeovers. 2 showing an impudent lack of respect: he made an audacious remark. DERIVATIVES audaciously adverb, audaciousness noun ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: from Latin audax, audac- ‘bold ’ (from audere ‘dare ’) + -ious .

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

audacious

audacious adjective 1 an audacious remark: impudent, impertinent, insolent, presumptuous, cheeky, irreverent, discourteous, disrespectful, insubordinate, ill-mannered, unmannerly, rude, brazen, shameless, pert, defiant, cocky, bold (as brass ); informal fresh, lippy, mouthy, saucy, sassy, nervy, ballsy; archaic contumelious. ANTONYMS polite. 2 his audacious exploits: bold, daring, fearless, intrepid, brave, courageous, valiant, heroic, plucky; daredevil, devil-may-care, reckless, madcap; venturesome, mettlesome; informal gutsy, spunky, ballsy; literary temerarious. ANTONYMS timid. CHOOSE THE RIGHT WORD See bold . These notes show fine distinctions in meaning between closely related synonyms to help you find the best word.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

audacious

audacious adjective 1 the audience were left gasping at his audacious exploits: bold, daring, fearless, intrepid, brave, unafraid, unflinching, courageous, valiant, valorous, heroic, dashing, plucky, daredevil, devil-may-care, death-or-glory, reckless, wild, madcap; adventurous, venturesome, enterprising, dynamic, spirited, mettlesome; informal game, gutsy, spunky, ballsy, have-a-go, go-ahead; rare venturous, temerarious. ANTONYMS timid. 2 Des made some audacious remark to her: impudent, impertinent, insolent, presumptuous, forward, cheeky, irreverent, discourteous, disrespectful, insubordinate, ill-mannered, bad-mannered, unmannerly, rude, crude, brazen, brazen-faced, brash, shameless, pert, defiant, bold, bold as brass, outrageous, shocking, out of line; informal brass-necked, cocky, lippy, mouthy, fresh, flip; Brit. informal saucy, smart-arsed; N. Amer. informal sassy, nervy, smart-assed; archaic malapert, contumelious; rare tossy, mannerless. ANTONYMS polite. CHOOSE THE RIGHT WORD audacious, bold, daring See bold . These notes show fine distinctions in meaning between closely related synonyms to help you find the best word.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

audacious

au da cious /ɔːdéɪʃəs /形容詞 1 〈行為 人が 〉大胆な, 無謀な ; 勇敢な .2 〈行為 言葉などが 〉ずうずうしい, 厚かましい .～ly 副詞 大胆にも, ずうずうしくも .～ness 名詞