0 a willingness to do or say something that shocks or upsets other people: --
[ + to infinitive ] She had the temerity to call me a liar.
Do those who have knowledge of this kind of industry have the temerity to assume such a smooth production run?
I had the temerity to raise this matter only because of my 12 to 15 years' experience of working in this sphere.
I had the temerity to suggest that, unless those two companies got together, neither would survive.
But then she had the temerity to have children.
I apologise for having the temerity to do so.
This, these people have the temerity to call administrative convenience.
In a free society, a retired headmaster was described as disgusting and intimidating because he had had the temerity to distribute some leaflets.
With perseverance and temerity, she obtained a copy of the application from the bank.
