Antonyms are used to express the opposite of a word. Antonym definitionĪn antonym is a word, adjective, verb or expression whose meaning is opposite to that of a word. This avoids repetitions in a sentence without changing its meaning. Synonyms are other words that mean the same thing. Extract from : « The Book of Khalid » by Ameen RihaniĪ synonym is a word, adjective, verb or expression that has the same meaning as another, or almost the same meaning.And were you not, for your audacity, left to brood ten days and nights in gaol?.Extract from : « Cleo The Magnificent » by Louis Zangwill.Cleo's audacity had caught the audience by the throat so that it could not breathe.Extract from : « Diary from November 12, 1862, to Octo» by Adam Gurowski.The audacity of the rebels is stimulated by our sluggishness.Extract from : « One Day's Courtship » by Robert Barr.At first Miss Sommerton seemed to resent the audacity of this request.Extract from : « Alarms and Discursions » by G.The essential elements of our poetry will be courage, audacity, and revolt.Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens.Your coming here is an affront, an impertinence, an audacity.Extract from : « Heroes of the Telegraph » by J.Buttner, thinking to punish him for his audacity, put a 'poser' to him, and awaited the result.Extract from : « Life and Death of Harriett Frean » by May Sinclair.She had a fondness and admiration for this child and her audacity.Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger."He certainly is not lacking in audacity," thought Mr.Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson.
The mother's manner was a crushing rebuke to the young man for his audacity.