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daring

DEFINITIONS OF: daring

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n a challenge to do something dangerous or foolhardy

Synonyms:
dare
Type of:
challenge
a call to engage in a contest or fight

n the trait of being willing to undertake things that involve risk or danger

Synonyms:
boldness, hardihood, hardiness
Antonyms:
timidity, timorousness
fearfulness in venturing into new and unknown places or activities
Types:
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adventurousness, venturesomeness
the trait of being adventurous
daredevilry, daredeviltry
boldness as manifested in rash and daredevil behavior
audaciousness, audacity, temerity
fearless daring
brazenness, shamelessness
behavior marked by a bold defiance of the proprieties and lack of shame
Type of:
fearlessness
the trait of feeling no fear

adj disposed to venture or take risks

“the most daring of contemporary fiction writers”
Synonyms:
audacious, venturesome, venturous
adventuresome, adventurous
willing to undertake or seeking out new and daring enterprises

adj radically new or original

Synonyms:
avant-garde
original
being or productive of something fresh and unusual; or being as first made or thought of
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