audacious

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Etymology

From , from audax ("bold"), from audeō ("I am bold, I dare").

Pronunciation

• (British) enPR: ô-dāʹshəs IPA: /ɔːˈdeɪʃəs/
• (America) enPR: ô-dāʹshəs IPA: /ɔˈdeɪʃəs/

Adjective

audacious

1. Showing willingness to take bold risks; recklessly daring.
   • 22 March 2012, Scott Tobias, AV Club The Hunger Games[http://www.avclub.com/articles/the-hunger-games,71293/]

     That such a safe adaptation could come of The Hunger Games speaks more to the trilogy’s commercial ascent than the book’s actual content, which is audacious and savvy in its dark calculations.

2. Impudent, insolent.

Synonyms

• (willing to take bold risks) bold, daring, temeritous, temerarious

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “willing to take bold risks”): shy, cautious, prudent

Translations

• French: audacieux
• German: kühn, unverfroren, waghalsig
• Italian: audace
• Portuguese: audaz
• Russian: отва́жный
• Spanish: audaz

Translations

• German: kühn, unverfroren, dreist, dummdreist
• Italian: azzardato, avventato
• Russian: де́рзкий
• Spanish: insolente

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