Audacity
Audacity noun - Shameless boldness.
Usage example: I can't believe she had the audacity to tell me to shut up!
Nerve is a synonym for audacity in behaviour topic. In some cases you can use "Nerve" instead a noun "Audacity", when it comes to topics like attitude, courage, daring, arrogance. popular alternative
Nearby Words: audacious, audaciousness
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
Both words in one sentence
- However, in Modern Hebrew, this just means audacity or nerve, without the refuge part.
Source: Refuge In Audacity / Jokes -
Heroic Spirit: Shehererzade's audacity and sheer nerve for 1001 nights makes her this.
Source: Literature / Arabian Nights -
Man, what kind of girl first volunteers for near certain death, then has the audacity and sheer nerve to tell stories while having sex with a pending execution hanging over her.
Source: Heroic Spirit
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