AUDACIOUSNESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does audaciousness mean? 

• AUDACIOUSNESS (noun)
  The noun AUDACIOUSNESS has 2 senses:

1. fearless daring

2. aggressive boldness or unmitigated effrontery

  Familiarity information: AUDACIOUSNESS used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AUDACIOUSNESS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Fearless daring

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

audaciousness; audacity; temerity

Hypernyms ("audaciousness" is a kind of...):

boldness; daring; hardihood; hardiness (the trait of being willing to undertake things that involve risk or danger)

Derivation:

audacious (disposed to venture or take risks)

audacious (invulnerable to fear or intimidation)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Aggressive boldness or unmitigated effrontery

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

audaciousness; audacity

Context example:

he had the audacity to question my decision

Hypernyms ("audaciousness" is a kind of...):

boldness; brass; cheek; face; nerve (impudent aggressiveness)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "audaciousness"):

assumption; effrontery; presumption; presumptuousness (audacious (even arrogant) behavior that you have no right to)

Derivation:

audacious (unrestrained by convention or propriety)