Definitions for daring

Definitions for (noun) daring

Main entry: boldness, hardihood, hardiness, daring

Definition: the trait of being willing to undertake things that involve risk or danger

Usage: the proposal required great boldness; the plan required great hardiness of heart


Main entry: dare, daring

Definition: a challenge to do something dangerous or foolhardy

Usage: he could never refuse a dare


Definitions for (adj) daring

Main entry: audacious, venturesome, venturous, daring

Definition: disposed to venture or take risks

Usage: 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


Main entry: avant-garde, daring

Definition: radically new or original

Usage: an avant-garde theater piece


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