Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Willing to take or seek out risks; bold and venturesome. synonym: adventurous.
- adjective Involving great risk or danger.
- noun Audacious bravery; boldness.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Adventurous courage; intrepidity; boldness; adventurousness.
- Possessing or springing from adventurous courage; bold; fearless; adventurous; reckless.
- Audacious; impudent.
- Synonyms Dauntless, undaunted, heroic.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Bold; fearless; adventurous.
- noun Boldness; fearlessness; adventurousness; also, a daring act.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb Present participle of
dare . - adjective
Adventurous , willing to take on or look forrisks . - adjective
Courageous , or showingbravery - noun
Boldness
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective disposed to venture or take risks
- noun the trait of being willing to undertake things that involve risk or danger
- adjective radically new or original
- noun a challenge to do something dangerous or foolhardy
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Examples
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Daylight still engaged in daring speculations, as, for instance, at the impending outbreak of the Japanese-Russian War, when, in the face of the experience and power of the shipping gamblers, he reached out and clutched practically a monopoly of available steamer-charters.
Chapter X 2010
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Noted for his daring and success as a surgeon, through the days and weeks that followed Linday exceeded himself in daring and success.
THE END OF THE STORY 2010
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I totally admire your courage in daring to print the name X--- in your blog.
In Which We Uncharacteristically Attempt to Offer You Some Comfort 2010
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"Gordon Brown looked freer at PMQs than I have ever seen him as he fiercely defended his anti-poverty credentials and attacked the Tories for their cheek in daring to take him on on this territory."
Nick Robinson still parroting Gordon's message Not a sheep 2008
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"Gordon Brown looked freer at PMQs than I have ever seen him as he fiercely defended his anti-poverty credentials and attacked the Tories for their cheek in daring to take him on on this territory."
Archive 2008-04-01 Not a sheep 2008
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Presently it opened and disclosed fifty horsemen, gathered together to waylay merchants on the highway, and their captain, by name Kahrdash, was a lion in daring and dash; a furious lion who layeth knights flat as carpets in battle-crash. —
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Help us in daring people to be as balls out as he is — we are inches away from the cod piece of presidential power …
Think Progress » Fox News Slams Colbert: ‘Inappropriate,’ ‘Over the Line,’ ‘Not Very Funny’ 2006
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As a matter of fact, there was a certain daring pleasure in wounding themselves, and they showed each other their blood and then dried it beneath their armpits, under the delusion that nobody would notice their cut hands.
The Mother 1928
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Daylight still engaged in daring speculations, as, for instance, at the impending outbreak of the Japanese-Russian War, when, in the face of the experience and power of the shipping gamblers, he reached out and clutched practically a monopoly of available steamer-charters.
Chapter X 1910
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Among all our reckless doings the most daring is this insolent advertising to the powers of the world that we have unparalleled national resources and no army to protect them.
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