Temerity

//tɪˈmɛɹ.ɪ.ti//

Synonyms for "temerity" (53 found)

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Translations

47 translations across 22 languages.

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Arabic

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  • تَهَوُّر noun (reckless boldness)

Bulgarian

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  • безразсъдна смелост noun (reckless boldness)
  • дързост noun (reckless boldness)

Catalan

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  • temeritat noun (reckless boldness)

Czech

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  • drzost noun (impudence)
  • nestydatost noun (impudence)
  • opovážlivost noun (reckless boldness)
  • opovážlivost noun (impudence)

Dutch

2 entries
  • onbezonnenheid noun (reckless boldness)
  • roekeloosheid noun (reckless boldness)

Finnish

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  • tyhmänrohkeus noun (reckless boldness)

French

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  • témérité noun (reckless boldness)

German

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  • Dreistigkeit noun (impudence)
  • Frechheit noun (impudence)
  • Kühnheit noun (reckless boldness)
  • Stirn noun (impudence)

Hindi

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  • दुस्साहस noun (reckless boldness)

Hungarian

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  • vakmerőség noun (reckless boldness)

Irish

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  • andánacht noun (reckless boldness)

Italian

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  • temerità noun (reckless boldness)

Latin

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  • temeritās noun (reckless boldness)

Māori

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  • matauaua noun (reckless boldness)

Polish

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  • bezczelność noun (impudence)
  • bezwstyd noun (impudence)
  • tupet noun (impudence)
  • zuchwalstwo noun (reckless boldness)

Portuguese

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  • temeridade noun (reckless boldness)

Romanian

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  • temeritate noun (reckless boldness)

Russian

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  • безрассу́дство noun (reckless boldness)
  • де́рзость noun (reckless boldness)
  • опроме́тчивость noun (reckless boldness)

Serbo-Croatian

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  • drskost noun (reckless boldness)
  • drzovitost noun (reckless boldness)

Spanish

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  • temeridad noun (reckless boldness)

Swedish

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  • dumdristighet noun (reckless boldness)

Ukrainian

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  • безрозсудна сміливість noun (reckless boldness)
  • зухвалість noun (reckless boldness)
  • нерозважливість noun (reckless boldness)
  • нерозсудливість noun (reckless boldness)

Sample sentences

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Methinks I am like a man, who having struck on many shoals, and having narrowly escap'd shipwreck in passing a small frith, has yet the temerity to put out to sea in the same leaky weather-beaten vessel, and even carries his ambition so far as to think of compassing the globe under these disadvantageous circumstances.

Source: tatoeba (714751)

No one had the temerity to speak out against those war crimes.

Source: tatoeba (12652919)

1569, Thomas Pearson, trans., "The Second Paradox," in The booke of Marcus Tullius Cicero entituled Paradoxa Stoicorum, T. Marshe (London), Neyther the spightfull temerity and rashnes of variable fortune, nor the envious hart burning and in iurious hatred of mine enemies shold be able once to damnify me.

Source: wiktionary

Jewan Sadit, who ſtood before the prince, obſerving his youthful temerity, threw himſelf between him and danger, and with a nervous arm, wielding a ſharp ſabre, of the hard tempered ſteel of Damiſk, ruſhing upon the tyger, he ſtruck him acroſs the forehead.

Source: wiktionary

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