temerity
Word family adjectivetemerarioustemerousadverbtemerariouslytemerouslynountemerity
te·mer·i·ty /təˈmerəti/ noun [uncountableU] formal CONFIDENTwhen someone says or does something in a way that shows a lack of respect for other people and is likely to offend them 鲁莽,冒失 → audacity He actually had the temerity to tell her to lose weight. 他竟然放肆地叫她减肥。
had the temerity to• One constable had the temerity to state that we had had nothing to eat since 9.30 a.m.• Ferrari had the temerity to do so with Lauda, another remarkable talent, and Niki didn't put up with it.• Remarkably enough, a few scholars have had the temerity to suggest that these students do have intellectual shortcomings.• Would you believe he had the temerity to suggest that this house is too large for one person?• I became quite exercised when he had the temerity to ask us to leave the room for one of them.• Sir George stamped his conclusions so firmly on the subject that no one had the temerity to question them until the sixties.• A scientist who had the temerity to ask at Philadelphia for one was severely reproved. Origin temerity (1400-1500) Latin temeritas, from temere “in the dark, too quickly and carelessly”