Antonyms for audacity
ɔˈdæs ɪ tiau·dac·i·ty

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1. audacitynoun

   Insolent boldness, especially when imprudent or unconventional.

   Synonyms:
   outdaciousness, temerity, audaciousness

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1. audacity

   Audacity, in the sense here considered, is a reckless defiance of law, decency, public opinion, or personal rights, claims, or views, approaching the meaning of impudence or shamelessness, but always carrying the thought of the personal risk that one disregards in such defiance; the merely impudent or shameless person may take no thought of consequences; the audacious person recognizes and recklessly braves them. Hardihood defies and disregards the rational judgment of men. Effrontery (Latin effrons, barefaced, shameless) adds to audacity and hardihood the special element of defiance of considerations of propriety, duty, and respect for others, yet not to the extent implied in impudence or shamelessness. Impudence disregards what is due to superiors; shamelessness defies decency. Boldness is forward-stepping courage, spoken of with reference to the presence and observation of others; boldness, in the good sense, is courage viewed from the outside; but the word is frequently used in an unfavorable sense to indicate a lack of proper sensitiveness and modesty. Compare ASSURANCE; BRAVE.

   Antonyms:
   bashfulness, coyness, diffidence, modesty, sensitiveness, shrinking, shyness, timidity

   Synonyms:
   assurance, boldness, brass, effrontery, hardihood, impudence, insolence, shamelessness

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1. audacity

   Antonyms:
   caution, self-preservation, timidity, calculation, forethought, foresight, diffidence, inadventurousness

   Synonyms:
   boldness, rashness, temerity, recklessness, hardihood

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1. • Boldness

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1. audacity, audaciousness, temeritynoun

   fearless daring

   Synonyms:
   temerity, audaciousness

2. audacity, audaciousnessnoun

   aggressive boldness or unmitigated effrontery

   "he had the audacity to question my decision"

   Synonyms:
   temerity, audaciousness

How to use audacity in a sentence?

1. Willie Glenn:

   It just breaks my heart, to know that someone has the audacity to point a weapon, and shoot someone for as little as too much mayonnaise on a sandwich, they were just model employees.

2. Brandon Dillon:

   I think the most egregious thing about Rubio coming to Michigan is the fact that he has the audacity to do so in Detroit when, if he had had his way, Detroit would have gone bankrupt. Without the auto bailout, this state would be in a depression, under Rubio's plan, we would have been left for dead. Rubio and other GOP candidates have a plan that favors the rich over the middle class.

3. Evelyn Yang:

   That's what's very painful is knowing that what happened to me could have been prevented, can you imagine the audacity of man who... continues to do this after being arrested? It's like he knew that he wouldn't face any repercussions, that he was protected.

4. Scott Walker:

   This is a guy who has the audacity to be talking about schooling anyone when it comes to foreign policy and not just about Israel and nuclear weapons, the thing about that statement, a guy in the last year called ISIS, the jayvee squad, his administration continues to call Yemen a success story, Secretary of Bill Clinton gave Russia a reset button.

5. Tudor Dixon:

   Gretchen Whitmer continues to take cues directly from her union bosses who shut schools down, kept our kids locked down at home longer than necessary, and created an education crisis in our state. She stood on the debate stage and blatantly lied that Michigan schools were only closed down for 3 months, her running-mate Garlin Gilchrist even had the audacity to say we must first take care of the adults in our education system - total disregard for kids and parents.

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