Temerity
[tə'merəti] or [tə'mɛrəti]
Definition
(n.) Unreasonable contempt of danger; extreme venturesomeness; rashness; as, the temerity of a commander in war.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Recklessness (of disposition), RASHNESS, heedlessness, venturesomeness, hastiness, precipitancy, inconsiderateness, presumption, fool-hardiness, precipitation.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Rashness, audacity, precipitancy, overventuresomeness, foolhardiness
ANT:Timidity, caution, circumspection, wariness, calculation
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Definition
n. rashness: unreasonable contempt for danger.—adj. Temerā′rious (obs.) rash reckless.—adv. Temerā′riously.—adj. Tem′erous rash.—adv. Tem′erously.
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Examples
- You should be on your guard; temerity is not wise. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- For sensibility and genius, with all their tenderness and temerity, I felt somehow that Madame would be the right sort of Minos in petticoats. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Sceptical writers have had the temerity to deny that Jesus can be called a Christian at all. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Do you know what your unprecedented temerity would have cost you had you failed to kill either of the two chieftains whose metal you now wear? Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
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