daring

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daring

A young climber makes a daring ascent up a sheer rock face.

Definition

  1. Adjective:

    • Willing to take risks; adventurous: Describes a person or action that shows courage and a willingness to do dangerous or new things.
    • Radically new or original: Describes something, especially in art or ideas, that is innovative and breaks with convention.

  2. Noun:

    • The trait of being willing to undertake things that involve risk or danger: The quality of having boldness and courage.
    • A challenge to do something dangerous or foolhardy: An act of provoking someone to prove their courage.
Examples

  • Adjective:

    • She made a daring escape from the castle.
    • The designer is known for her daring new fashion collections.

  • Noun:

    • The mission required immense daring and skill.
    • He accepted his friend's daring to jump into the cold lake.
Advanced Usage

  • "daring do": A humorous or literary phrase meaning acts of heroism or bravery.

    • The film is a tale of high adventure and daring do.

  • "daring raid/rescue/mission": Common collocations emphasizing the risky nature of an action.

    • The soldiers carried out a daring raid behind enemy lines.
Variants and Related Words
  • Dare (verb/noun): To have the courage to do something; a challenge.
    • I dare you to tell the truth.
  • Daringly (adverb): In a daring manner.
    • The dress was cut daringly low.
  • Daredevil (noun/adjective): A person who enjoys doing dangerous things; recklessly bold.
    • He was a daredevil stunt pilot.
Synonyms
  • Adjective: Audacious, bold, adventurous, venturesome, intrepid.
  • Noun: Boldness, audacity, courage, bravery, hardiness.
Related Phrases
  • A leap in the dark: An action or risk taken without knowing the consequences.
    • Starting his own business was a real leap in the dark.
  • Throw caution to the wind: To stop being careful and take a risk.
    • She decided to throw caution to the wind and travel the world.
Idioms
  • Nothing ventured, nothing gained: You cannot achieve anything if you do not take risks.
    • I know the investment is risky, but nothing ventured, nothing gained.
  • On a dare: Because someone challenged you to do it.
    • He only went skydiving on a dare from his brother.
daring

A young climber makes a daring ascent up a sheer rock face.

Adjective
  1. radically new or original
    • an avant-garde theater piece
  2. disposed to venture or take risks
    • audacious visions of the total conquest of space
    • an audacious interpretation of two Jacobean dramas
    • the most daring of contemporary fiction writers
    • a venturesome investor
    • a venturous spirit
Noun
  1. the trait of being willing to undertake things that involve risk or danger
    • the proposal required great boldness
    • the plan required great hardiness of heart
  2. a challenge to do something dangerous or foolhardy
    • he could never refuse a dare

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