Definitions for audacity

audacity au·dac·i·ty

Spelling: [aw-das-i-tee]
IPA: /ɔˈdæs ɪ ti/

Audacity is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 148 anagrams from letters in audacity (aacdituy).

Definitions for audacity

noun

  1. boldness or daring, especially with confident or arrogant disregard for personal safety, conventional thought, or other restrictions.
  2. effrontery or insolence; shameless boldness:
  3. Usually, audacities. audacious or particularly bold or daring acts or statements.

Origin of audacity

1400-50; late Middle English audacite Latin audāc-, stem of audāx daring (adj.) + -ite -ity

Examples for audacity

In real life both men shared the gift of audacity; they were subversive, dissident and seductive.

They have a great sense of performance, bravado, and audacity.

In the end, talent and technique got the better of ardor and audacity.

As David Plouffe detailed in his book, The audacity To Win, the campaign had committed in writing to stay in the federal system.

"He certainly is not lacking in audacity," thought Mr. Morgan.

Your coming here is an affront, an impertinence, an audacity.

She had a fondness and admiration for this child and her audacity.

It had to do with me having the audacity to mock their new savior Ted Cruz.

Buttner, thinking to punish him for his audacity, put a 'poser' to him, and awaited the result.

The mother's manner was a crushing rebuke to the young man for his audacity.

Word Value for audacity
Scrable

14

Words with friends

15

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