daring

[ dair-ing ]
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noun
  1. adventurous courage; boldness.

adjective
  1. bold or courageous; fearless or intrepid; adventurous.

Origin of daring

1
First recorded in 1575–85; dare + -ing1, -ing2

Other 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 Godwin
  • A wonderful lot of her naughtiness and daringness had left her.

    Daddy's Girl | L. T. Meade
  • They were each ambitious to outdo the other in acts of daringness, and were thereby instigated to every kind of excess.

British Dictionary definitions for daring

daring

/ (ˈdɛərɪŋ) /


adjective
  1. bold or adventurous; reckless

noun
  1. courage in taking risks; boldness

Derived forms of daring

  • daringly, adverb

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