daring | ||
1. | [ noun ] the trait of being willing to undertake things that involve risk or danger | |
Synonyms: | boldness hardihood | |
Examples: | "the proposal required great boldness" |
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Related terms: | timidity fearlessness audacity shamelessness daredevilry adventurousness dare bold | |
2. | [ adjective ] disposed to venture or take risks | |
Synonyms: | venturesome venturous audacious | |
Examples: | "audacious visions of the total conquest of space" "an audacious interpretation of two Jacobean dramas" "the most daring of contemporary fiction writers" "a venturesome investor" "a venturous spirit" |
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Related terms: | adventurous | |
3. | [ noun ] a challenge to do something dangerous or foolhardy | |
Synonyms: | dare | |
Examples: | "he could never refuse a dare" |
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Related terms: | challenge defy | |
4. | [ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 24776 | |
5. | [ adjective ] (theater) radically new or original | |
Synonyms: | avant-garde | |
Examples: | "an avant-garde theater piece" |
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Related terms: | original | |
Similar spelling: |
daringly dairying Dearing during Dering Darwinism |