| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| NOUN: | 1. The quality of mind enabling one to face danger or hardship resolutely: braveness, bravery, courage, courageousness, dauntlessness, doughtiness, fearlessness, fortitude, gallantry, gameness, heart, intrepidity, intrepidness, mettle, pluck, pluckiness, spirit, stoutheartedness, undauntedness, valiance, valiancy, valiantness, valor. Informal : spunk, spunkiness. Slang : gut (used in plural), gutsiness, moxie. See FEAR. 2. The state or quality of being impudent or arrogantly self-confident: assumption, audaciousness, audacity, boldness, brashness, brazenness, cheek, cheekiness, chutzpah, discourtesy, disrespect, effrontery, face, familiarity, forwardness, gall1, impertinence, impudence, impudency, incivility, insolence, nerviness, overconfidence, pertness, presumptuousness, pushiness, rudeness, sassiness, sauciness. Informal : brass, crust, sauce, uppishness, uppityness. See ATTITUDE, COURTESY. | | VERB: | To impart strength and confidence to: buck up, cheer (up), encourage, hearten, perk up. See HELP.
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