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• audaciousness — noun 1. fearless daring • Syn: ↑audacity, ↑temerity • Derivationally related forms: ↑temerarious (for: ↑temerity), ↑audacious, ↑audacious ( …   Useful english dictionary

• audacity — noun 1. fearless daring (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑audaciousness, ↑temerity • Derivationally related forms: ↑temerarious (for: ↑temerity), ↑audacious ( …   Useful english dictionary

• chutzpa — chutzpa, chutzpah chutzpah . [Yiddish khutzpa.] aggressive boldness or unmitigated effrontery; gall; as, he had the chutzpah to question my decision. [Also spelled {hutzpa}, and {hutzpah}.] Syn: audacity, audaciousness. [WordNet 1.5] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• chutzpah — chutzpa chutzpa, chutzpah chutzpah . [Yiddish khutzpa.] aggressive boldness or unmitigated effrontery; gall; as, he had the chutzpah to question my decision. [Also spelled {hutzpa}, and {hutzpah}.] Syn: audacity, audaciousness. [WordNet 1.5] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• hutzpa — chutzpa chutzpa, chutzpah chutzpah . [Yiddish khutzpa.] aggressive boldness or unmitigated effrontery; gall; as, he had the chutzpah to question my decision. [Also spelled {hutzpa}, and {hutzpah}.] Syn: audacity, audaciousness. [WordNet 1.5] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• hutzpah — chutzpa chutzpa, chutzpah chutzpah . [Yiddish khutzpa.] aggressive boldness or unmitigated effrontery; gall; as, he had the chutzpah to question my decision. [Also spelled {hutzpa}, and {hutzpah}.] Syn: audacity, audaciousness. [WordNet 1.5] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• chutzpa — /khoot speuh, hoot /, n. Slang. 1. unmitigated effrontery or impudence; gall. 2. audacity; nerve. Also, chutzpah, hutzpa, hutzpah. [1890 95; < Yiddish khutspa < Aram huspa] * * * …   Universalium

• chutzpa — chutz•pa or chutz•pah [[t]ˈxʊt spə, ˈhʊt [/t]] n. Slang. 1) sts unmitigated effrontery or impudence; gall 2) sts audacity; nerve • Etymology: 1890–95; < Yiddish khutspe < Heb ḥūṣpā …   From formal English to slang

• chutzpa — noun (Yiddish) unbelievable gall; insolence; audacity • Syn: ↑chutzpah, ↑hutzpah • Topics: ↑Yiddish • Hypernyms: ↑crust, ↑gall, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• temerity — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. rashness, boldness, audacity, recklessness, daring, nerve, gall, brass (sl.), cheek (sl.). II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. audacity, effrontery, boldness, hardihood, rashness, presumption, overconfidence,… …   English dictionary for students

• temerity — [tə mer′ə tē] n. [ME temeryte < L temeritas < temere, rashly, blindly < IE base * tem , dark > OS thimm, dark, L tenebrae, darkness] foolish or rash boldness; foolhardiness; recklessness SYN. TEMERITY refers to a rashness or foolish… …   English World dictionary