Then he dozed off to sleep and to dream dreams that for madness and audacity rivalled those of poppy-eaters. I discerned he was now neither angry nor shocked at my audacity.Īmy was learning this distinction through much tribulation, for mistaking enthusiasm for inspiration, she attempted every branch of art with youthful audacity. (The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle) 'Why, surely!' I cried, and gloried in my own audacity. “And nice people they were, who had the audacity to call him mad,” pursued my aunt. (His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle) This man has been seen since the crime, for he was detected and pursued by Constable Walters on the same evening, when he had the audacity to revisit Wisteria Lodge. (The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)Įven they were frightened, not at the boy’s terrible words, but at his terrible audacity.įanny looked very angry too, and her husband was all in a fright at his sister's audacity. Webster's New World An act or instance of intrepidity or insolent heedlessness.

American Heritage Shameless or brazen boldness insolence.

Webster's New World Bold or insolent heedlessness of restraints, as of those imposed by prudence, propriety, or convention. you, on the other hand, are just thinking with your penisI guess, after all, that IS what guys tend to do. noun audacities Fearless daring intrepidity. 'You stupid, cheating bastard.You have the audacity to get irritated with me Im actually thinking of other peoples feelings. With your usual happy mixture of cunning and audacity, you have got him. rude or disrespectful behavior impudence.

It was like strong drink, firing him to audacities of feeling,-a drug that laid hold of his imagination and went cloud-soaring through the sky.

The definition of audacity