audaciousness
noun[U]
uk/ɔːˈdeɪ.ʃəs.nəs/us/ɑːˈdeɪ.ʃəs.nəs/behaviourthatshowsawillingnessto takerisksoroffendpeople:
Manyvoterswereshockedby the audaciousness of thecandidate, but somefoundhisstylerefreshing.
His audaciousness in thefinalminuteswonhim therace.
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audacious
- Thecommitteewassurprisedat the audaciousness of therequestfor morefundingwhen the start-up’sfinancialrecordswere in suchpoororder.
- I wasamusedby the boy'ssheeraudaciousness ininsistingon aninterview.
- No one who hadheardhimspeakbefore wassurprisedby his audaciousness.
- Thefilmhas an over-the-top,pulpfiction-inspired audaciousness but it’s a lot offuntowatch.
Confidence & self-assurance
- amour propre
- aplomb
- assertive
- assertively
- assertiveness
- dogmatic
- dogmatically
- dogmatism
- dogmatist
- empowered
- rakish
- rakishly
- rakishness
- safe
- safety blanket
- surely
- swag
- swash
- tall
- to be sureidiom
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