Audacious
/ɔːˈdeɪ.ʃəs/
| adjective
What does it me?
- Willing to take risks or to do sth shocking
Example:
According to The Mirror, Martin Broughton, part-time Liverpool Director of Sale, is to meet with Kenny Huang later this week in order to discuss his audacious plans to buy Liverpool FC.The Chinese businessman, head of a mega-rich Asian consortium is hell-bent on buying the club.He initially approached RBS about buying the debt that Hicks and Gillette incurred to buy the club but has now agreed to engage with Barclays Capital, who are in charge of the sale of the club, and with Chairman Broughton. Quoted from: here
Etymology:
1540s, "confident, intrepid," from L. audacia "daring, boldness , courage," fromaudax "bold, daring," from audere "to dare." Bad sense of "shameless" is attested from 1590s. L.audax also had a good and a bad sense and could mean "audacious, rash, foolhardy."
Synonyms:
- adventurous, bold, brave, courageous, daredevil, daring, dauntless, death-defying, enterprising, fearless, intrepid, rash, reckless, risky, valiant, venturesome, assuming, brazen, cheeky, defiant, disrespectful, forward, fresh(informal) impertinent, impudent, insolent, in- your-face(Brit. slang) pert, presumptuous, sassy (U.S. informal)shameless
Antonyms:
- careful, cautious, cowardly, frightened, guarded, prudent, timid, unadventurous, unenterprising, deferential, gracious, tactful, unassuming
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