- daring
- I. adjective Date: 1575 venturesomely bold in action or thought Synonyms: see adventurous • daringly adverb • daringness noun II. noun Date: 1584 venturesome boldness
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Daring — can mean: early name and now nickname of Daring Club Motema Pembe football club Daring class destroyer (disambiguation), one of three classes of destroyer SS Daring, a number of ships of this name HMS Daring, Seven vessels of the British Royal… … Wikipedia
Daring — heißen: Daring (Pattigham), Ortschaft der Gemeinde Pattigham, Bezirk Ried im Innkreis, Oberösterreich eine Klasse von zwei Zerstörern, die 1893 und 1894 in Dienst gestellt wurden, siehe Daring Klasse (1893) eine Klasse von zwölf Zerstörern, die… … Deutsch Wikipedia
daring — [der′iŋ] adj. having, showing, or requiring a bold willingness to take risks or violate conventions; fearless [a daring book, a daring enterprise] n. bold courage daringly adv … English World dictionary
Daring — Dar ing, a. Bold; fearless; adventurous; as, daring spirits. {Dar ing*ly}, adv. {Dar ing*ness}, n. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Daring — Dar ing, n. Boldness; fearlessness; adventurousness; also, a daring act. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
daring — I adjective adventurous, audacious, blunt, brave, brazen, challenging, chivalrous, courageous, dauntless, defiant, disregardful, doughty, enterprising, fearless, flagrant, foolhardy, forthright, gallant, hardy, heroic, hot blooded, impulsive,… … Law dictionary
daring — late 14c., prp. adj. or verbal noun from DARE (Cf. dare) … Etymology dictionary
daring — rash, reckless, daredevil, foolhardy, venturesome, *adventurous Analogous words: bold, intrepid, audacious (see BRAVE) Contrasted words: *timid, timorous: *cautious, wary, circumspect, chary: prudent, sensible, sane, *wise, judicious … New Dictionary of Synonyms
daring — [adj] adventurous adventuresome, audacious, bold, brassy*, brave, cheeky, cocky, courageous, crusty, fearless, fire eating*, foolhardy, forward, game, go for broke*, gritty, gutsy*, gutty*, hot shot*, impudent, impulsive, intrepid, nervy,… … New thesaurus
daring — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ audaciously or adventurously bold. ► NOUN ▪ adventurous courage. DERIVATIVES daringly adverb … English terms dictionary
daring — [[t]de͟ərɪŋ[/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED People who are daring are willing to do or say things which are new or which might shock or anger other people. Bergit was probably more daring than I was... He realized this to be a very daring thing to ask. ...one … English dictionary
