All 5 Uses of
audacious
in
David Copperfield
- 'And nice people they were, who had the audacity to call him mad,' pursued my aunt.†
Chpt 13-15 *
- 'If there is any Donkey in Dover, whose audacity it is harder to me to bear than another's, that,' said my aunt, striking the table, 'is the animal!'†
Chpt 22-24
- She was audaciously prejudiced in my favour, and quite unable to understand why I should have any misgivings, or be low-spirited about it.†
Chpt 31-33
- They went away by one of the London night coaches, and I know no more about him; except that his malevolence to me at parting was audacious.†
Chpt 52-54
- I came down again to my dinner; and even the slow comfort of the meal, and the orderly silence of the place — which was bare of guests, the Long Vacation not yet being over — were eloquent on the audacity of Traddles, and his small hopes of a livelihood for twenty years to come.†
Chpt 58-60
Definition:
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(audacious) bold and daring (inclined to take risks) -- especially in violating social convention in a manner that could offend others