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daring

[dair-ing]

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noun

adventurous courage; boldness.

adjective

bold or courageous; fearless or intrepid; adventurous.

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Origin:
1575–85; dare + -ing¹, -ing²

Related forms

dar·ing·ly, adverb

dar·ing·ness, noun

qua·si-dar·ing, adjective

qua·si-dar·ing·ly, adverb

un·dar·ing, adjective

Synonyms
1. audacity, bravery. 2. dauntless, undaunted, venturesome, audacious, brave.

Antonyms
1. caution.

Example Sentences

Two daring daylight hold ups topped the list of criminal happenings in this city yesterday.

Sometimes bonds whirl you around, but they are hardly daring.

He deserves credit for an honest and daring proposal.

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Two daring daylight hold ups topped the list of criminal happenings in this city yesterday.

Sometimes bonds whirl you around, but they are hardly daring.

He deserves credit for an honest and daring proposal.

It seemed daring at the time, even a little revolutionary.

Harmon slams the autism community for daring to question vaccines.

Italian auto designers have a daring sense of flair that is unmatched by their counterparts in other countries.

Scientists working with mice have found that by removing a single gene they can turn normally cautious animals into daring ones.

Romano's daring connections all day, and there's still time to add one of the books he cites.

What is more, they are actually daring to stand up and say so.

See villagers perform this daring feat as they literally risk their necks to secure harvest blessings and prove their bravery.

Here's a look at six who risked their lives in daring and unexpected ways.

The more outrageous or daring the activity, the more potential points for the team.

Add humor and hype, daring and dancing, and still the list is incomplete.

With nobody yet daring to oppose the man who controls the party machine, he should be a shoo-in.

Vikings are best known for their ships and daring sea adventures.

He sees how the world can be made better with the strategic and daring use of time, talent and resources.

He's as daring and heroic as any self-made king ought to be.

Cisco's gear is the more daring because it is a dedicated video-calling system.

Her daring journeys and the articles and books that emerge from them reveal people, places, and situations.

When it fears attack, the snake bows its head, effectively daring its foe to bite into the poison-filled glands.

Cosmonauts did a daring spacewalk earlier this summer to try to fix the problem by removing the offending bolt.

They are taller and more daring than ever, but still mostly monuments to magnificence.

The main similarity is their daring and self-sufficiency.

But where they look somewhat jaded, the chick is wild-eyed, as if baffled by its own daring.

When eventually they did ask them, he scorned them for daring to doubt him.

Every year, males of all ages tie vines to their ankles and make daring leaps-head first-off a wooden tower.

Blondin announced subsequent crossings, promising that each would be more daring than the last.

They are taller and more daring than ever, but still.

Despite the speed and daring of the skaters, it had a soothing effect.

More than seven centuries ago, some daring acrobat had pounded them with a rock harder than sandstone.

Spaniards are even daring to glance affectionately at the past and laugh.

Daring women can placate reluctant husbands with good food and plush digs while they're off tracking wildlife in the jungle.

Vanderbilt says he decided to write about driving on a whim, in the midst of performing a daring highway merge maneuver.

Though his scientific credentials are solid, he will probably be best remembered as a daring and successful businessman.

Maybe not, but it's one hell of a ride-a daring tale, dramatically told.

Morse's daring in making such a request should not be underestimated.

Heads of law firms cannot indulge in the daring tactics their clients so enjoy.

It was here, at the end of his daring and bloodstained career, that he was laid to rest in a noble mausoleum.

Daring modern architecture proclaimed that this was a true world city.

Smith's story is punctuated by several impossibly daring escapes.

And there the legend has remained, daring others to prove it.

Be a part of a daring team and witness the unforgettable power of the earth.

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Dictionary.com Unabridged

verb (used without object)

to have the necessary courage or boldness for something; be bold enough: You wouldn't dare!

verb (used with object)

to have the boldness to try; venture; hazard.

to meet defiantly; face courageously.

to challenge or provoke (a person) into a demonstration of courage; defy: to dare a man to fight.

auxiliary verb

to have the necessary courage or boldness to (used chiefly in questions and negatives): How dare you speak to me like that? He dare not mention the subject again.

noun

an act of daring or defiance; challenge.

Idiom

dare say, daresay.

Origin:
before 900; Middle English dar (v.), Old English dear(r), 1st and 3rd person singular present indicative of durran; akin to Old High German gitarran

Related forms

dar·er, noun

re·dare, verb (used with object), -dared, -dar·ing.

un·dared, adjective

Synonyms
1. Dare, venture imply involvement in risks and dangers. Dare emphasizes the state of mind that makes one willing to meet danger: He dared to do what he knew was right. Venture emphasizes the act of doing something that involves risk: He ventured into deep water. 2. hazard, risk, brave.

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World English Dictionary

daring (ˈdɛərɪŋ)

—*adj*
1.	bold or adventurous; reckless

—n
2.	courage in taking risks; boldness

'daringly

—*adv*

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Word Origin & History

dare

O.E. durran "to brave danger," from P.Gmc. *ders-, from PIE *dhers- (cf. Skt. dadharsha "to be bold," O.Pers. dar- "to dare," Gk. thrasys "bold," O.C.S. druzate "to be bold, dare"). An O.E. irregular preterite-present verb: darr, dearst, dear were first, second and third person singular present indicative;

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mostly regularized 16c., though past tense dorste survived as durst, but is now dying, persisting mainly in northern Eng. dialect. Meaning "to challenge or defy (someone)" is first recorded 1570s.

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