AUDACIOUSNESS Synonyms: 63 Similar and Opposite Words

audaciousness

noun

Definition of audaciousness

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 The sheer audaciousness of its action is a spectacle unto itself. — Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 20 Oct. 2025 Internet users cannot cope with her audaciousness at such a young age. — Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025

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Noun

The husband grabbed the chest brace to hold him still, and for his gall received a strike to the arm from every tooth in the dog’s crazy, contorted face.

— Téa Obreht, New Yorker, 1 Nov. 2026
The official copy covered four big sheets of parchment in ink made from oak galls.

— James Whorton Jr, Longreads, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of gall

Noun

That’s part of the reason why Obama’s remark instantly hit a nerve in the MAGA universe.

— Clarence Page, Chicago Tribune, 2 Nov. 2026
Those minerals form the outer layer of your teeth, which protects the internal layers of tissues, nerves and blood vessels, from damage.

— Rachel Carlson, NPR, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of nerve

Noun

But the Workers’ Party (PT) leader, who was accused of arrogance and of failing to understand the needs of young gig-economy workers, shook up his strategy, said Igor Gielow in Folha de São Paulo.

— The Week UK, TheWeek, 31 Oct. 2026
McVay and Snead have effectively built a culture of arrogance.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of arrogance

Noun

His brashness is his principal liability as an investigative journalist and his best asset, though of course that’s not how Lee would put it.

— Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 22 Oct. 2026
Fans walked around downtown in gear declaring their dominance - national championship tees and Rose Bowl jackets - and businesses hung signs in homage to their head coach’s brashness.

— Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of brashness

Noun

But in the ’80s, Murphy, with his sleek swagger and bedroom eyes, was the comedian as rock-star pin-up, and that smolder of glamour was built into the effrontery of his act.

— Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 21 Nov. 2025
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

Definition of effrontery

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