ballsiness

Shameless gutsy attitude

Ballsiness is bold, gutsy audacity—the quality of having metaphorical balls: I have to admire her ballsiness, even if I think she's wrong.

audacity

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Shameless, admirable audacity

  • gallImpudent boldness or bitterness
  • nerveSignal-carrying body fiber
  • cheekAudacity or facial side

effrontery · brazenness · impudence · temerity · moxie · sassiness · impertinence · insolence · brashness · presumptuousness

courage

guts

Entrails or boldness

spunk · mettle · grit · backbone · fortitude · daring · intrepidity · stoutheartedness · gallantry · heroism

bravado

swagger

Confident, boastful manner

braggadocio · chest-thumping · showboating · posturing · strutting · overconfidence · arrogance · brassiness · big talk · swaggering

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Opposites
courage and boldness

ballsinesscowardice

Absence of bravery

timidity · cowardliness · fearfulness · gutlessness · spinelessness

social assertiveness

ballsinesswimpiness

Feebleness of spirit

meekness · diffidence · timidness · submissiveness · passivity

Family

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG-13