Synonyms for temerity
təˈmɛr ɪ titemer·i·ty

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1. temeritynoun

   Synonyms:
   gall, foolhardiness, recklessness, cheek, brashness, audacity, rashness, chutzpah

2. temeritynoun

   Reckless boldness; foolish bravery.

   Synonyms:
   rashness, cheek, recklessness, brashness, gall, audacity, chutzpah, foolhardiness

3. temeritynoun

   An act or case of reckless boldness.

   Synonyms:
   brashness, chutzpah, cheek, recklessness, foolhardiness, rashness, audacity, gall

4. temeritynoun

   Effrontery; impudence.

   Synonyms:
   brashness, chutzpah, gall, audacity, rashness, cheek, recklessness, foolhardiness

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1. temerity

   Rashness applies to the actual rushing into danger without counting the cost; temerity denotes the needless exposure of oneself to peril which is or might be clearly seen to be such. Rashness is used chiefly of bodily acts, temerity often of mental or social matters; there may be a noble rashness, but temerity is always used in a bad sense. We say it is amazing that one should have had the temerity to make a statement which could be readily proved a falsehood, or to make an unworthy proposal to one sure to resent it; in such use temerity is often closely allied to hardihood, audacity, or presumption. Venturesomeness dallies on the edge of danger and experiments with it; foolhardiness rushes in for want of sense, heedlessness for want of attention, rashness for want of reflection, recklessness from disregard of consequences. Audacity, in the sense here considered, denotes a dashing and somewhat reckless courage, in defiance of conventionalities, or of other men's opinions, or of what would be deemed probable consequences; as, the audacity of a successful financier. Compare EFFRONTERY.

   Synonyms:
   audacity, foolhardiness, hardihood, hastiness, heedlessness, over-confidence, precipitancy, precipitation, presumption, rashness, recklessness, venturesomeness

   Antonyms:
   care, caution, circumspection, cowardice, hesitation, timidity, wariness

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1. temerity

   Synonyms:
   rashness, audacity, precipitancy, overventuresomeness, foolhardiness

   Antonyms:
   timidity, caution, circumspection, wariness, calculation

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1. audacity, audaciousness, temeritynoun

   fearless daring

   Synonyms:
   audaciousness, audacity

Matched Categories

1. • Boldness

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1. temeritynoun

   Synonyms:
   recklessness (of disposition), RASHNESS, heedlessness, venturesomeness, hastiness, precipitancy, inconsiderateness, presumption, fool-hardiness, precipitation

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1. temeritynoun

   Synonyms:
   audacity, boldness, presumption, recklessness, foolhardiness, rashness

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1. List of paraphrases for "temerity":

   'audace, audacity, recklessness, daring

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1. Ron DeSantis:

   Now, what the AP did by trying to create a false narrative is some people may believe the narrative and then think that this is not a viable treatment for them so if they're infected, they will not go seek a monoclonal antibody and that will ultimately increase their risk of hospitalization, so the AP knew what they were doing, they wanted to do a political hit on me and the fallout from that is that there will likely be people who decline life-saving treatment. And then they have the temerity to act like they were the victim when they got called out on their hit piece.

2. Fox News:

   This effort to publicly smear a media organization just for having the temerity to cover and comment on allegations being pressed by the sitting President of the United States should be now recognized for what it is: a blatant violation of the First Amendment.