as in gall
shameless boldness
she had the audaciousness to complain when I refused to do her job as well as my own
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Recent Examples of audaciousness
Internet users cannot cope with her audaciousness at such a young age.
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Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025
Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for audaciousness
Noun
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Two interesting examples of insects that need goldenrods are the goldenrod gall fly and the goldenrod gall moth.—
Markis Hill,
Kansas City Star,
16 Sep. 2025
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This crisis has shown us which world leaders will not only consent to this genocide, but brutally discipline their populations for having the gall to question it.—
Jack Sheehan
September 4,
Literary Hub,
4 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The retina is a layer of tissue at the back of the eyeball that converts images into nerve signals that are sent to the brain, and the peripheral retina is the outer portion, which gives us side vision.—
Jacqueline Howard,
CNN Money,
26 Sep. 2025
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Far fewer have the nerve to suggest that, as a beleaguered antifascist remnant stares down a white-supremacist police state, a biracial child will lead them.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
26 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Blenkin told Variety in September 2025 that his character's laughter comes from arrogance.—
Christopher Rudolph,
PEOPLE,
24 Sep. 2025
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Nishijima brings his characteristic intensity to Kenji, a man whose academic arrogance masks deep insecurity and desperation.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
22 Sep. 2025
Noun
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One early reviewer panned my forthcoming novel, Hot Wax, for having the audacity to put music in print at all.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
26 Sep. 2025
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Here, Coppola had the audacity to wager his own capital to make a statement, assemble an old-fashioned theatrical company and invite other creatives to contribute their ideas, all to produce an original film at a time when Hollywood seems highly averse to anything but sequels and superhero movies.—
Peter Debruge,
Variety,
19 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Pollak recalls Karin making the first move – her brazenness being one of his favorite qualities.—
Kathleen Wong,
USA Today,
2 Sep. 2025
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Financiers sometimes laughed at the brazenness of Drahi’s methods.—
Sam Knight,
New Yorker,
25 Aug. 2025
Noun
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History is full of people who practiced tasteful chutzpah at scale.—
Julia Korn,
Forbes.com,
28 Aug. 2025
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Fortunately, Kiari underscores Offset’s critical gifts, tapping into his chutzpah while demonstrating even more growth.—
Will Dukes,
Rolling Stone,
22 Aug. 2025
Noun
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That the same actor who communicated infuriating brashness in Challengers and louche swindler energy in La Chimera is able to nail it with a character of such disarming sincerity in Dead Man is worthy of more than just passing notice.—
Joe Reid,
Vulture,
16 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The Wall Street Journal had the effrontery to publish a piece painful to Trump—painful because the truth hurts.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 July 2025
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Both clever, the younger had the effrontery to be popular and sporty, too.—
Esther Freud,
Vogue,
2 July 2025
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“Audaciousness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/audaciousness. Accessed 1 Oct. 2025.
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