"audacious" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ɔːˈdeɪʃəs/ [UK], /ɔˈdeɪʃəs/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-audacious.wav [Southern-England] Forms: more audacious [comparative], most audacious [superlative]
enPR: ô-dāʹshəs [US] Rhymes: -eɪʃəs Etymology: From Latin audacia (“boldness”), from audax (“bold”), from audeō (“I am bold, I dare”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|audacia||boldness}} Latin audacia (“boldness”), {{m|la|audax||bold}} audax (“bold”), {{m|la|audeō||I am bold, I dare}} audeō (“I am bold, I dare”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} audacious (comparative more audacious, superlative most audacious)
  1. Showing willingness to take bold risks; recklessly daring. Synonyms (willing to take bold risks): bold, daring, temeritous, temerarious Translations (showing willingness to take bold risks): քաջ (kʿaǰ) (Armenian), խիզախ (xizax) (Armenian), հանդուգն (handugn) (Armenian), смел (smel) (Bulgarian), audaç (Catalan), neohrožený [masculine] (Czech), statečný [masculine] (Czech), odvážný [masculine] (Czech), chrabrý [masculine] (Czech), vågehalset (Danish), dristig (Danish), onvervaard (Dutch), driest (Dutch), koen (Dutch), vermetel (Dutch), waaghalzig (Dutch), audacieus (Dutch), uskalias (Finnish), rohkea (Finnish), audacieux (French), audaz (Galician), kühn (German), unverfroren (German), waghalsig (German), merész (Hungarian), vakmerő (Hungarian), neamhnáireach (Irish), audace (Italian), audax (Latin), о́дважен (ódvažen) (Macedonian), смел (smel) (Macedonian), wêrek (Northern Kurdish), bisteh (Northern Kurdish), dristig (Norwegian), djerv (Norwegian Bokmål), جسور (jasur) (Persian), بیمحابا (bi-mohâbâ) (Persian), بیپروا (bi-parvâ) (Persian), brow (Plautdietsch), audaz (Portuguese), отва́жный (otvážnyj) (Russian), сме́лый (smélyj) (Russian), audaz (Spanish), våghalsig (Swedish), djärv (Swedish), dristigt (Swedish), cesurane (Turkish), gözü pek (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-audacious-en-adj-~wWfMKR3 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 66 34 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 61 39 Disambiguation of 'willing to take bold risks': 75 25 Disambiguation of 'showing willingness to take bold risks': 88 12
  2. Impudent, insolent. Categories (topical): Personality Translations (impudent): дързък (dǎrzǎk) (Bulgarian), drzý [masculine] (Czech), nestydatý [masculine] (Czech), nestoudný [masculine] (Czech), bezostyšný [masculine] (Czech), schaamteloos (Dutch), driest (Dutch), röyhkeä (Finnish), kühn (German), unverfroren (German), dreist (German), dummdreist (German), szemtelen (Hungarian), azzardato (Italian), avventato (Italian), impudens (Latin), др́зок (dŕzok) (Macedonian), на́хален (náhalen) (Macedonian), bêşerm (Northern Kurdish), bêar (Northern Kurdish), گستاخ (gostâx) (Persian), де́рзкий (dérzkij) (Russian), наха́льный (naxálʹnyj) (Russian), на́глый (náglyj) (Russian), dalm (Scottish Gaelic), insolente (Spanish), arsız (Turkish), cesurane (Turkish), gözü pek (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-audacious-en-adj-Wu-q6jK2 Disambiguation of Personality: 28 72 Disambiguation of 'impudent': 12 88
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: audaciously, audaciousness, boldacious Related terms: audacity, outdaciousness

Alternative forms

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          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "showing willingness to take bold risks",
          "word": "kühn"
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          "word": "waghalsig"
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          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "showing willingness to take bold risks",
          "word": "vakmerő"
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          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
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          "word": "neamhnáireach"
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          "_dis1": "88 12",
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          "word": "audace"
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          "code": "mk",
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          "roman": "ódvažen",
          "sense": "showing willingness to take bold risks",
          "word": "о́дважен"
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          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "smel",
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          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
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          "word": "dristig"
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          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
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          "word": "djerv"
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          "_dis1": "88 12",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "jasur",
          "sense": "showing willingness to take bold risks",
          "word": "جسور"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 12",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "bi-mohâbâ",
          "sense": "showing willingness to take bold risks",
          "word": "بیمحابا"
        },
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          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "bi-parvâ",
          "sense": "showing willingness to take bold risks",
          "word": "بیپروا"
        },
        {
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          "code": "pdt",
          "lang": "Plautdietsch",
          "sense": "showing willingness to take bold risks",
          "word": "brow"
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          "code": "pt",
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          "sense": "showing willingness to take bold risks",
          "word": "audaz"
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "otvážnyj",
          "sense": "showing willingness to take bold risks",
          "word": "отва́жный"
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          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "smélyj",
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          "word": "сме́лый"
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "showing willingness to take bold risks",
          "word": "audaz"
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          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "showing willingness to take bold risks",
          "word": "våghalsig"
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        {
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          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "showing willingness to take bold risks",
          "word": "djärv"
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          "code": "tr",
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          "word": "drzý"
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          "sense": "impudent",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "nestydatý"
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          "sense": "impudent",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "nestoudný"
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          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "impudent",
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          "word": "bezostyšný"
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          "word": "schaamteloos"
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          "word": "driest"
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        {
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          "code": "fi",
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          "word": "röyhkeä"
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          "word": "kühn"
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
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          "word": "szemtelen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 88",
          "code": "it",
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          "sense": "impudent",
          "word": "azzardato"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 88",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "impudent",
          "word": "avventato"
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          "_dis1": "12 88",
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          "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
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          "word": "bêşerm"
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          "word": "bêar"
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          "word": "impudens"
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        {
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          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "dŕzok",
          "sense": "impudent",
          "word": "др́зок"
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        {
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          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "náhalen",
          "sense": "impudent",
          "word": "на́хален"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 88",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "gostâx",
          "sense": "impudent",
          "word": "گستاخ"
        },
        {
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          "roman": "dérzkij",
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          "word": "де́рзкий"
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          "roman": "naxálʹnyj",
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          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "náglyj",
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          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
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          "word": "dalm"
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          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "impudent",
          "word": "insolente"
        },
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          "_dis1": "12 88",
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          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "impudent",
          "word": "arsız"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 88",
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          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "impudent",
          "word": "cesurane"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 88",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "impudent",
          "word": "gözü pek"
        }
      ]
    }
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      "ipa": "/ɔːˈdeɪʃəs/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɔˈdeɪʃəs/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
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      "rhymes": "-eɪʃəs"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "enpr": "ô-dāʹshəs",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    }
  ],
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}
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    {
      "sense": "antonym(s) of \"willing to take bold risks\"",
      "word": "shy"
    },
    {
      "sense": "antonym(s) of \"willing to take bold risks\"",
      "word": "cautious"
    },
    {
      "sense": "antonym(s) of \"willing to take bold risks\"",
      "word": "prudent"
    }
  ],
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    "English adjectives",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English terms derived from Latin",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English undefined derivations",
    "Rhymes:English/eɪʃəs",
    "Rhymes:English/eɪʃəs/3 syllables",
    "en:Personality"
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    {
      "word": "audaciously"
    },
    {
      "word": "audaciousness"
    },
    {
      "word": "boldacious"
    }
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        "2": "la",
        "3": "audacia",
        "4": "",
        "5": "boldness"
      },
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      "name": "uder"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "audax",
        "3": "",
        "4": "bold"
      },
      "expansion": "audax (“bold”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "audeō",
        "3": "",
        "4": "I am bold, I dare"
      },
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      "name": "m"
    }
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    {
      "form": "more audacious",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most audacious",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {},
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    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "audacity"
    },
    {
      "word": "outdaciousness"
    }
  ],
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      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
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        {
          "text": "22 March 2012, Scott Tobias, AV Club The Hunger Gameshttp://www.avclub.com/articles/the-hunger-games,71293/\nThat such a safe adaptation could come of The Hunger Games speaks more to the trilogy’s commercial ascent than the book’s actual content, which is audacious and savvy in its dark calculations."
        },
        {
          "ref": "2014 August 21, “A brazen heist in Paris [print version: International New York Times, 22 August 2014, p. 8]”, in The New York Times",
          "text": "The audacious hijacking in Paris of a van carrying the baggage of a Saudi prince to his private jet is obviously an embarrassment to the French capital, whose ultra-high-end boutiques have suffered a spate of heists in recent months.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Showing willingness to take bold risks; recklessly daring."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "willingness",
          "willingness"
        ],
        [
          "bold",
          "bold"
        ],
        [
          "risk",
          "risk"
        ],
        [
          "reckless",
          "reckless"
        ],
        [
          "daring",
          "dare"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Impudent, insolent."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Impudent",
          "impudent"
        ],
        [
          "insolent",
          "insolent"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "ipa": "/ɔːˈdeɪʃəs/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɔˈdeɪʃəs/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eɪʃəs"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "ô-dāʹshəs",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "sense": "willing to take bold risks",
      "word": "bold"
    },
    {
      "sense": "willing to take bold risks",
      "word": "daring"
    },
    {
      "sense": "willing to take bold risks",
      "word": "temeritous"
    },
    {
      "sense": "willing to take bold risks",
      "word": "temerarious"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "kʿaǰ",
      "sense": "showing willingness to take bold risks",
      "word": "քաջ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "xizax",
      "sense": "showing willingness to take bold risks",
      "word": "խիզախ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "handugn",
      "sense": "showing willingness to take bold risks",
      "word": "հանդուգն"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "smel",
      "sense": "showing willingness to take bold risks",
      "word": "смел"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "showing willingness to take bold risks",
      "word": "audaç"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "showing willingness to take bold risks",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "neohrožený"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "showing willingness to take bold risks",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "statečný"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "showing willingness to take bold risks",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "odvážný"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "showing willingness to take bold risks",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "chrabrý"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "showing willingness to take bold risks",
      "word": "vågehalset"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "showing willingness to take bold risks",
      "word": "dristig"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "showing willingness to take bold risks",
      "word": "onvervaard"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "showing willingness to take bold risks",
      "word": "driest"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "showing willingness to take bold risks",
      "word": "koen"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "showing willingness to take bold risks",
      "word": "vermetel"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "showing willingness to take bold risks",
      "word": "waaghalzig"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "showing willingness to take bold risks",
      "word": "audacieus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "showing willingness to take bold risks",
      "word": "uskalias"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "showing willingness to take bold risks",
      "word": "rohkea"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "showing willingness to take bold risks",
      "word": "audacieux"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "showing willingness to take bold risks",
      "word": "audaz"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "showing willingness to take bold risks",
      "word": "kühn"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "showing willingness to take bold risks",
      "word": "unverfroren"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "showing willingness to take bold risks",
      "word": "waghalsig"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "showing willingness to take bold risks",
      "word": "merész"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "showing willingness to take bold risks",
      "word": "vakmerő"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "showing willingness to take bold risks",
      "word": "neamhnáireach"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "showing willingness to take bold risks",
      "word": "audace"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "showing willingness to take bold risks",
      "word": "wêrek"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "showing willingness to take bold risks",
      "word": "bisteh"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "showing willingness to take bold risks",
      "word": "audax"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "ódvažen",
      "sense": "showing willingness to take bold risks",
      "word": "о́дважен"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "smel",
      "sense": "showing willingness to take bold risks",
      "word": "смел"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "showing willingness to take bold risks",
      "word": "dristig"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "showing willingness to take bold risks",
      "word": "djerv"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "jasur",
      "sense": "showing willingness to take bold risks",
      "word": "جسور"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "bi-mohâbâ",
      "sense": "showing willingness to take bold risks",
      "word": "بیمحابا"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "bi-parvâ",
      "sense": "showing willingness to take bold risks",
      "word": "بیپروا"
    },
    {
      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "showing willingness to take bold risks",
      "word": "brow"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "showing willingness to take bold risks",
      "word": "audaz"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "otvážnyj",
      "sense": "showing willingness to take bold risks",
      "word": "отва́жный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "smélyj",
      "sense": "showing willingness to take bold risks",
      "word": "сме́лый"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "showing willingness to take bold risks",
      "word": "audaz"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "showing willingness to take bold risks",
      "word": "våghalsig"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "showing willingness to take bold risks",
      "word": "djärv"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "showing willingness to take bold risks",
      "word": "dristigt"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "showing willingness to take bold risks",
      "word": "cesurane"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "showing willingness to take bold risks",
      "word": "gözü pek"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "dǎrzǎk",
      "sense": "impudent",
      "word": "дързък"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "impudent",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "drzý"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "impudent",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "nestydatý"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "impudent",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "nestoudný"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "impudent",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bezostyšný"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "impudent",
      "word": "schaamteloos"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "impudent",
      "word": "driest"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "impudent",
      "word": "röyhkeä"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "impudent",
      "word": "kühn"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "impudent",
      "word": "unverfroren"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "impudent",
      "word": "dreist"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "impudent",
      "word": "dummdreist"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "impudent",
      "word": "szemtelen"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "impudent",
      "word": "azzardato"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "impudent",
      "word": "avventato"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "impudent",
      "word": "bêşerm"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "impudent",
      "word": "bêar"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "impudent",
      "word": "impudens"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "dŕzok",
      "sense": "impudent",
      "word": "др́зок"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "náhalen",
      "sense": "impudent",
      "word": "на́хален"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "gostâx",
      "sense": "impudent",
      "word": "گستاخ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "dérzkij",
      "sense": "impudent",
      "word": "де́рзкий"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "naxálʹnyj",
      "sense": "impudent",
      "word": "наха́льный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "náglyj",
      "sense": "impudent",
      "word": "на́глый"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "impudent",
      "word": "dalm"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "impudent",
      "word": "insolente"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "impudent",
      "word": "arsız"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "impudent",
      "word": "cesurane"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "impudent",
      "word": "gözü pek"
    }
  ],
  "word": "audacious"
}

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