au·da·cious /ɔˈdeʃəs/
(a.)大膽的,無禮的,無恥的
Au·da·cious a.
1. Daring; spirited; adventurous.
As in a cloudy chair, ascending rides
Audacious. --Milton.
2. Contemning the restraints of law, religion, or decorum; bold in wickedness; presumptuous; impudent; insolent. “ Audacious traitor.” --Shak. “ Such audacious neighborhood.”
3. Committed with, or proceedings from, daring effrontery or contempt of law, morality, or decorum. “Audacious cruelty.” “Audacious prate.”
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audacious
adj 1: invulnerable to fear or intimidation; "audacious explorers";
"fearless reporters and photographers"; "intrepid
pioneers" [syn: brave, dauntless, fearless, intrepid,
unfearing]
2: unrestrained by convention or propriety; "an audacious trick
to pull"; "a barefaced hypocrite"; "the most bodacious
display of tourism this side of Anaheim"- Los Angeles
Times; "bold-faced lies"; "brazen arrogance"; "the modern
world with its quick material successes and insolent
belief in the boundless possibilities of progress"-
Bertrand Russell [syn: barefaced, bodacious, bold-faced,
brassy, brazen, brazen-faced, insolent]
3: disposed to venture or take risks; "audacious visions of the
total conquest of space"; "an audacious interpretation of
two Jacobean dramas"; "the most daring of contemporary
fiction writers"; "a venturesome investor"; "a venturous
spirit" [syn: daring, venturesome, venturous]