daring
[ dair-ing ]
noun
adventurous courage; boldness.
adjective
bold or courageous; fearless or intrepid; adventurous.
Origin of daring
1Other words for daring
Opposites for daring
Other words from daring
- dar·ing·ly, adverb
- dar·ing·ness, noun
- quasi-daring, adjective
- qua·si-dar·ing·ly, adverb
- un·dar·ing, adjective
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How to use daring in a sentence
The daringness of human enterprise is one of the prime glories of our nature.
Thoughts on Man | William GodwinA wonderful lot of her naughtiness and daringness had left her.
Daddy's Girl | L. T. MeadeThey were each ambitious to outdo the other in acts of daringness, and were thereby instigated to every kind of excess.
History of the Buccaneers of America | James Burney
British Dictionary definitions for daring
daring
/ (ˈdɛərɪŋ) /
adjective
bold or adventurous; reckless
noun
courage in taking risks; boldness
Derived forms of daring
- daringly, adverb
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