bodacious
bodacious · more bodacious · most bodacious
unverfroren, dreist, rüde, beleidigend
Audacious and unrestrainedAudacious and unrestrained.
/boʊˈdeɪʃəs/
» She's totally bodacious.
Meaning
4 senses(US)Audacious and unrestrained.
If you’re going to lie, you might as well tell a bodacious lie.
unverfroren, dreist
unrestrained by convention or propriety
(US)Incorrigible and insolent.
You, sir, are a bodacious scoundrel.
rüde, beleidigend, unverbesserlich
incorrigible
(Australia, US, slang)Impressively great in size, and enormous; extraordinary.
groß
Sexy, attractive.
attraktiv, sexy
Examples
1 sentencesShe's totally bodacious.
Translations
2 languagesDeutsch
By meaning 4
audacious and unrestrained:
uncorrigible and insolent:
great in size:
attractive:
Origin
Southern American slang, implied by bodaciously, 1837, either from bodyaciously (“bodily,Southern American slang, implied by bodaciously, 1837, either from bodyaciously (“bodily, totally, root and branch”, antebellum South Carolina)
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Forms
more bodacious, most bodacious| Comparative | more bodacious Lesson |
|---|---|
| Superlative | most bodacious Lesson |
regular
Synonyms
7 synonymsClose in meaning
- unrestrained by convention or propriety:audaciousbarefacedbald-facedbrassybrazenbrazen-facedinsolent
Word family
3 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form