n.

Foolhardy disregard of danger; recklessness.

[Middle English temerite, from Old French, from Latin temeritās, from temere, rashly.]

noun

Foolhardy boldness or disregard of danger: brashness, foolhardiness, incautiousness, rashness, recklessness, temerariousness. See careful/careless.

n

Definition: nerve, audacity
Antonyms: care, caution, cowardice, forethought, hesitation

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rash or presumptuous daring

IN BRIEF: The state of being foolishly bold or brash; reckless.

Facts have long since upstaged fiction, and the novelistic imagination now contents itself with documenting incidents it wouldn't have the temerity to invent. — Peter Conrad

Dansk (Danish)
n. - dumdristighed, forvovenhed, ubesindighed

Nederlands (Dutch)
(over)moed

Français (French)
n. - audace

Deutsch (German)
n. - Kühnheit, Unbesonnenheit

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - τόλμη, θάρρος, αποκοτιά, θράσος

Italiano (Italian)
temerarietý

Português (Portuguese)
n. - temeridade (f), arrojo (m)

Русский (Russian)
опрометчивость, безрассудство, беззастенчивость

Español (Spanish)
n. - temeridad, audacia, osadía

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - dumdristighet

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
卤莽, 蛮勇

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 鹵莽, 蠻勇

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 이해할 수 없는 행동, 도가 지나치는 행동

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - むこうみず, 無鉄砲

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) طيش, تهور‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮פזיזות, חוצפה‬

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