audaciousness

noun

Definition of audaciousnessnext
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for audaciousness
  1. gall
  2. nerve
  3. arrogance
  4. audacity
  5. brazenness
  6. chutzpah
  7. brashness
  8. effrontery
Noun
  • What galls, perhaps, is less the accident itself than the absence of a person stepping out from behind the wheel, having a human experience of horror and regret.
    — Molly Fischer, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026
  • Kari was confined to a wheelchair and had to have her gall bladder removed.
    — Marlow Stern, Variety, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of gall
Noun
  • But finding one’s nerve means fighting the everyday vagaries of low self-esteem, depression, self-deception, insecurity, loss, never-ending grief, and narcissists.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 13 Oct. 2026
  • Because of the way the substance interacts with the body’s nerves, Schwarz said those who chronically use it face nerve injury and numbness.
    — Melissa Gomez, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of nerve
Noun
  • An America that seeks justice with dignity and wisdom, not arrogance and gore.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2026
  • These fascinating, illuminating episodes raise the question of whether great fiction requires the kind of single-mindedness and even arrogance that McCarthy cultivated.
    — New York Times, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of arrogance
Noun
  • The artist needs to have the audacity to trust that the audience will get the joke.
    — Sarah Larson, New Yorker, 11 Oct. 2026
  • Within such a movement, no band is embracing it with the tenacity — or the audacity — of Dexter and the Moonrocks.
    — Josh Crutchmer, Rolling Stone, 3 Oct. 2026
Definition of audacity
Noun
  • Sculpting her natural gifts of wit and brazenness into a living artwork dazzled all who came within her orbit.
    — Steve Wasserman, Los Angeles Times, 27 July 2026
  • In an ironic twist, though, in Silo 18, Juliette’s brazenness offers Camille and the Algorithm an opportunity.
    — Noel Murray, Vulture, 17 July 2026
Definition of brazenness
Noun
  • The despicable Lindsay Clancy lawyer, using a repulsive alternative defense, shows the egregious chutzpah some shysters resort to to get a client off.
    — Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Mizrahi has not only the chutzpah to reveal the rainbow that is his personality but the panache to revel in its many splendid colors—not all of which are flattering.
    — Charles Gandee, Vogue, 27 Sep. 2026
Definition of chutzpah
Noun
  • 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
  • As fashion cycles through infinite stages of nostalgia—particularly the brashness of the ’80s and the sleek, techy sportiness of the ’90s—there’s something about airbrushing that feels less overt and slightly irreverent.
    — Alexandra Hildreth, Vogue, 2 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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“Audaciousness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/audaciousness. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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