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. 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.

2. Alexis Tsipras:

   The behavior of some, not all, of our partners and especially some of the technocrats and technocrat teams only confirms the arguments of the Greek side, what else can one say to those who have the audacity to say that dealing with a humanitarian crisis is a unilateral action?

3. Ellen Dorsey:

   They have a smart strategy around building power with the audacity of their vision, critics belittle them and question their authenticity but they are brave and are doubling down.

4. Arthur Mitchell:

   Can you imagine the audacity to take an African American and Diana Adams, the essence and purity of Caucasian dance, and to put them together on the stage ? everybody was against him. He knew what he was going against, and he said,' You know my dear, this has got to be perfect.'.

5. Nancy Northup:

   No one should be forced to delay health care because politicians have the audacity to presume to know what is best for a woman and her family.

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