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
  • It was followed by oak galls, acorns, aspen buds and mushrooms.
    — Tom Huggler, Outdoor Life, 13 Aug. 2026
  • That the earnestness the genre requires galls us cynics, who love to hide in our books, away from all those pesky bodies in the first place?
    — Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of gall
Noun
  • The brain coordinates muscles and nerves while also processing information about balance, vision and the environment around us.
    — Katia Hetter, CNN Money, 14 Aug. 2026
  • The Briton, an Olympic silver medallist and sixth fastest of all-time at this distance, held his nerve and form in the outside lane.
    — Liam Tharme, New York Times, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of nerve
Noun
  • Aemond, too, for that matter, while Daemon’s arrogance continues to get Team Black into all sorts of predicaments.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
  • But the league’s own research found that what reads as charisma in Dallas can land as arrogance in Düsseldorf.
    — Sam Birchall, Fortune, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of arrogance
Noun
  • The past decade has seen Roth leverage his audacity (and fortune) to develop an internet persona that can be described as the Marchesa Casati meets RuPaul.
    — Marisa Meltzer, Vanity Fair, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Mars will also return to your sign this month, which not only gives you the nerve, but the emotional audacity to take a stand.
    — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 1 Aug. 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
  • While Kersten taps his Swedish security connections for information about Wohmann, the intrepid journalist relies on chutzpah and archival detective work.
    — Alissa Simon, Variety, 7 Aug. 2026
  • The dramatic recipe involves equal parts literary ambition, risk-taking, and chutzpah, with a dash of substance abuse, cooked on the high heat of adolescent lust that brings Tony to Provincetown in pursuit of a schoolmate named Nancy (Emilia Jones).
    — Sheldon Pearce, New Yorker, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of chutzpah
Noun
  • There’s also hints of vulnerability and genuine tenderness in her stern headmistress of the bedroom, which Wilde slips in just slyly enough to let the presence of a heart peek through all the brainy brashness and hormone overload.
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 30 July 2026
  • His brashness with a wink is a fun part of the package, but insight and candor are what make the best analysts.
    — Andrew Marchand, New York Times, 10 June 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 17 Aug. 2026.

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