Forwardness - English meaning

noun

A willingness to take bold risks.

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He whistled at the sheer audacity of the plan

noun

Unusually strong and esp. rude confidence in yourself

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[ + to infinitive ] our mayor has the audacity to claim credit for improvements he had nothing to d…

noun

Courage or confidence of a kind that other people find shocking or rude

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[ + to infinitive ] it took a lot of audacity to stand up and criticize the chairman., disapproving…

noun

Willingness to take risks and act innovatively; confidence or courage.

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The boldness and independence that characterized his leadership

noun

A brave and confident way of behaving that shows no fear

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He is famous for the boldness of his business methods., even critics admire his boldness.

noun

Behaviour that shows a lot of confidence and not much respect

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He developed a reputation for brashness., he later confided that his brashness masked his fear of f…

noun

Behaviour in which someone does something in a very obvious way, without trying to hide it

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The brazenness of the theft shocked museum officials., she was shocked by the sheer brazenness of t…

adjective

(of a person or action) adventurous or audaciously bold.

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A daring crime

noun

Adventurous courage.

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The daring of the players brings fortune or ruin

verb

Have the courage to do something.

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A story he dare not write down

noun

Insolent or impertinent behaviour.

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One juror had the effrontery to challenge the coroner's decision

noun

Extreme rudeness without any ability to understand that your behaviour is not acceptable to other people

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He was silent all through the meal and then had the effrontery to complain that i looked bored!

noun

Close acquaintance with or knowledge of something.

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His familiarity with the works of thomas hardy

noun

A good knowledge of something, or the fact that you know it so well

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Harry’s familiarity with the city makes him a good tour guide.

noun

Friendly and informal behaviour

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His excessive familiarity offended her.

noun

Lack of humility or decency.

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He had the immodesty to say that his way is the only way

noun

The fact of having too high an opinion of yourself

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His honesty is sometimes interpreted as immodesty., he dubbed his community church, with characteri…

noun

A lack of respect for people or things that are generally taken seriously.

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An attitude of irreverence towards politicians

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The quality of not showing the expected respect for official, important, or holy things

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The book is written with good humour and irreverence., such behaviour is typical of the cheeky irre…

noun

The quality of being too confident; excessive confidence.

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You have to guard against overconfidence

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Too much knowledge of something, or the fact that you know it too well

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It would be easy, through over-familiarity with the facts of climate change, to fail to appreciate …

noun

An idea that is taken to be true on the basis of probability.

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Underlying presumptions about human nature

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A belief that something is true because it is likely, although not certain

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There is no scientific evidence to support such presumptions., what presumption, to assume that i’d…

noun

The fact of believing that something is true without having any proof

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Every defendant is entitled to the presumption of innocence unless they are proven guilty., presump…

noun

A lack of shame, especially about something generally considered unacceptable

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I am disgusted at the thoughtlessness and shamelessness displayed by these players., he performed h…