Antonyms for temerity
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : tuh-mer-i-tee |
| Phonetic Transcription : təˈmɛr ɪ ti |
Definition of temerity
Origin :- early 15c., from Middle French témérité (15c.), from Latin temeritatem (nominative temeritas) "blind chance, accident, rashness," from temere "by chance, blindly, casually, rashly," related to tenebrae "darkness," from PIE root *temes- "dark" (cf. Sanskrit tamas- "darkness," tamsrah "dark;" Avestan temah "darkness;" Lithuanian tamsa "darkness," tamsus "dark;" Old Church Slavonic tima "darkness;" Old High German dinstar "dark;" Old Irish temel "darkness").
- noun nerve, audacity
- But there are things which no strength of mind, no temerity can resist.
- Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 3 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
- Thus was he justified of his temerity; the day was saved—that is, to-morrow was.
- Extract from : « The Black Bag » by Louis Joseph Vance
- Every advance which he had the temerity to make was by me rejected with indignation.
- Extract from : « Beaux and Belles of England » by Mary Robinson
- There was a sort of brutal temerity in his prudence, the temerity of a man with big fists.
- Extract from : « Therese Raquin » by Emile Zola
- Some of them had the temerity to begin giving us a fire in the rear.
- Extract from : « Personal Recollections of a Cavalryman » by J. H. (James Harvey) Kidd
- David was doubtful of the consequences of his temerity, but he stood his ground.
- Extract from : « David Dunne » by Belle Kanaris Maniates
- She came day after day thereafter, and at last I had the temerity to ask her name.
- Extract from : « The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV » by Various
- And Lingard understood why his temerity had been so successful.
- Extract from : « The Rescue » by Joseph Conrad
- A person had the temerity to elbow Mrs. Austen and the audacity to smile at her.
- Extract from : « The Paliser case » by Edgar Saltus
- He took small credit to himself for any temerity he had shown.
- Extract from : « Peak and Prairie » by Anna Fuller
Synonyms for temerity
- assurance
- boldness
- brass
- carelessness
- daring
- effrontery
- foolhardiness
- forwardness
- gall
- hardihood
- hastiness
- heedlessness
- impertinence
- impetuosity
- imprudence
- impudence
- impulsiveness
- indiscretion
- intrepidity
- intrusiveness
- overconfidence
- pluck
- precipitancy
- precipitateness
- precipitation
- presumption
- rashness
- recklessness
- rudeness
- thoughtlessness
- venturesomeness
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