badassery
Intimidating cool factor
Badassery is the quality or display of being a badass—tough, fearless, impressively skilled, or defiantly cool.
The word celebrates audacious competence or swagger: That stunt was pure badassery.
It often carries admiration for someone who breaks rules or defies expectations while looking good doing it.
Complete lack of dread
- courageFortitude facing danger
- audacityBrazen, reckless daring
- boldnessFearless readiness to act
- daringAdventurous courage
valor · heroism · gallantry · fortitude · dauntlessness · intrepidity · pluck · gutsiness
Conveying threat or danger
- formidableInspiring fear or respect
- fierceViolently intense or aggressive
- commandingExerting strong authority
- dominatingExercising supreme control
imposing · threatening · powerful · ferocious · daunting · terrifying · ruthless · savage
Determination or abrasive particles
- resilienceCapacity to recover quickly
- tenacityPersistent grip or resolve
- fortitudeEnduring courage under pain
- hardinessAbility to endure adversity
endurance · stamina · determination · steadfastness · ruggedness · strength · robustness · persistence
Self-assurance or trust
- charismaMagnetic personal appeal
- flairStylish natural aptitude
- panacheFlamboyant confidence of manner
- attitudeSettled way of thinking
bravado · strut · presence · cockiness · self-assurance · showmanship · machismo · flamboyance
Emotional self-control
- poiseGraceful, unshakable calm
- aplombSelf-assured composure
- nonchalanceCalm, casual composure
- effortlessnessQuality of seeming unstrained
finesse · unflappability · ice-cold · steely · level-headed · sangfroid · smooth · collected
Tendency toward defiant resistance
- nonconformityRejection of prevailing norms
- insubordinationDefying workplace authority
- disobedienceRefusal to follow orders
- resistanceCapacity to withstand force
dissent · iconoclasm · rule-breaking · anti-establishment · counterculture · middle finger · subversion · refusal
fearlessness
Complete lack of dread
daring · valor · heroism · gallantry · fortitude · dauntlessness · intrepidity · pluck · gutsiness · spunk
menacing
Conveying threat or danger
- formidableInspiring fear or respect
- fierceViolently intense or aggressive
- commandingExerting strong authority
dominating · imposing · threatening · powerful · ferocious · daunting · terrifying · ruthless · savage · brutal
grit
Determination or abrasive particles
- resilienceCapacity to recover quickly
- tenacityPersistent grip or resolve
- fortitudeEnduring courage under pain
hardiness · endurance · stamina · determination · steadfastness · ruggedness · strength · robustness · persistence · indomitability
confidence
Self-assurance or trust
attitude · bravado · strut · presence · cockiness · self-assurance · showmanship · machismo · flamboyance · braggadocio
composure
Emotional self-control
- poiseGraceful, unshakable calm
- aplombSelf-assured composure
- nonchalanceCalm, casual composure
effortlessness · finesse · unflappability · ice-cold · steely · level-headed · sangfroid · smooth · collected · unfazed
rebelliousness
Tendency toward defiant resistance
- nonconformityRejection of prevailing norms
- insubordinationDefying workplace authority
- disobedienceRefusal to follow orders
resistance · dissent · iconoclasm · rule-breaking · anti-establishment · counterculture · middle finger · subversion · refusal · pushback
badasserycowardice
Absence of bravery
timidity · fearfulness · spinelessness · pusillanimity · gutlessness
badasseryweakness
Deficiency in force
submissiveness · powerlessness · softness · helplessness · feebleness
badasserylameness
Impaired ability to walk
dorkiness · uncoolness · naivety · childlikeness · nerdiness