Reverse Dictionary: AUDACIOUS

ADJECTIVES
► BARDACIOUS ► BODACIOUS audacious, unceremonious → 1908 Amer. dial.
► BARDY audacious, forward, pert, shameless; insolent; defiant → 1822 Sc.
► BARE audacious; also, mean, base → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► BOLD AS BRASS audacious → 1789 
► CHUTZPADIK showing chutzpah, impertinent, impudent, audacious, self-confident → 1959 colloq., esp. Jewish usage
► CROUSE audacious, bold, daring, hardy → 1400 obs. exc. Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
► CRUSTY audacious, nervy → 1900 Amer. sl.
► DARING-HARDY audacious, foolhardy, presumptuous → 1593 obs.
► DERF audacious, bold, daringly wicked → 1400 obs.
► FACING audacious, bold → 1566 obs.
► FLY audacious, wild, impertinent; brash → 1884 US sl.
► NERVY audacious, daring, pushing one’s luck → L19 orig. US
► OUDACIOUS audacious, bold → 1891 Amer. dial.
► OUTDACIOUS audacious, impudent, shameless, bold, incorrigible → 1885 Eng. & Amer. dial.
► OWDACIOUS audacious, impudent, shameless, bold, incorrigible → 1847 Eng. & Amer. dial.

NOUNS
► AFFRONTERY shameless audacity, effrontery; unblushing insolence → 1679 
► BALLS audacity, effrontery → 1964 US sl.
► BRASH audacity, boldness, forwardness → 1966 Amer. dial.
► BRASS audacity, effrontery; courage; nerve; impudence → 1682 
► BRASS NECK audacity, effrontery; courage; nerve; impudence → 1984 sl.
► CHEEK audacity, impudent talk; effrontery → 1840 sl.
► CHUTZBAH ►  CHUTZPA ► CHUTZPAH audacity, impudence; effrontery → 1853 Yiddish
► CRUST audacity, gall, nerve → 1900 Amer. sl.
► DAREDNESS audacity, boldness → 1874 Eng. dial.
► FACE audacity, impudence → 17C US sl.
► FACIAL AREA audacity, impudence → 17C US sl.
► GUTS audacity, cheek, nerve → 1910 sl.
► HARDIHEAD audacity, boldness, hardiness → 1579 arch.
► HARD NECK audacity, daring; impudence → 1893 sl.
► NATIONAL HUNT audacity, cheek → 1992 UK rhyming sl. for ‘front’
► NECK audacity, daring; impudence → 1893 sl.
► NERVE audacity, effrontery, impudence, cheek → 1887 
► NINE SHILLINGS audacity, calmness → 1788 sl.
► ONCE A WEEK audacity, cheek, impudence → 20C rhyming sl.
► PRESUME audacity, presumption → 1590 obs.
► RABBIT audacity, cheek → 1940 sl.
► RIND audacity, effrontery → 1903 sl.

NOUNS – PERSON
► BELLOMY an audacious or blustering man → 1535 Sc. obs.
► HELLION an audacious, desperate person → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)

VERBS
► TAKE THE CAKE to be extremely audacious; to have unusual behaviour or characteristics → 1890 US colloq.