Definition of daring
: venturesomely bold in action or thought
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Examples of daring in a Sentence
a daring reporter who has covered several wars
She's a daring innovator in the field of biotechnology.
a daring plan to steal the famous painting
She decided to wear a daring dress to the party.
ideas that are new and daring
the artist's daring use of color
Recent Examples of daring from the Web
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Emily Ratajkowski has never shied away from a daring clothing trend on Instagram, in photoshoots, and elsewhere as a mode of self-empowerment and a way to normalize nudity.
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Constantly feed your intellectual curiosity: Be daring.
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Through a series of daring escapades, young Han Solo meets his future co-pilot Chewbacca and encounters the notorious gambler Lando Calrissian.
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But the underlying voice, and that is one that is smart and surprising and naughty and daring.
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So in short: Utah opening the door to Medicaid expansion is symbolically important, but, barring some daring legal interpretation on the part of the Trump administration, this specific proposal probably won’t be approved.
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Those thigh-high boots! That daring red off-the-shoulder gown!
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What would be daring is including a Parkland student with a different viewpoint on gun control up on that stage as well.
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Now that Kim Kardashian and Kris Jenner have both ditched their bleach blonde locks, Kylie Jenner is trying on the daring hair color for herself.
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First Known Use of daring
1575
daring Synonyms
Synonyms
adventuresome, adventurous, audacious, bold, dashing, emboldened, enterprising, free-swinging, gutsy, hardy, nerved, nervy, venturesome, venturous;
Antonyms
Near Antonyms
chickenhearted, coward, cowardly, craven, lily-livered, milk-livered, milky, shy, timid, timorous;
careful, cautious, heedful, prudent, wary;
affrighted, afraid, alarmed, fainthearted, fearful, frightened, horrified, scared, shocked, spooked, startled, terrified, terrorized;
calm, cool, levelheaded, rational, reasonable, sage, sane, sensible, sound, wise;
Related Words
brash, daredevil, foolhardy, heedless, hotheaded, impetuous, imprudent, impulsive, incautious, madcap, overbold, overconfident, rash, reckless, thoughtless, wild;
brave, courageous, dauntless, fearless, gallant, greathearted, heroic (also heroical), intrepid, lionhearted, stalwart, stout, stouthearted, swashbuckling, unafraid, undaunted, valiant, valorous;
gritty, plucky, spirited, spunky;
absurd, asinine, balmy, brainless, crazy, foolish, half-witted, harebrained, insane, lunatic, mad, nutty, scatterbrained, silly, wacky (also whacky), witless;
Synonym Discussion of daring
adventurous, venturesome, daring, daredevil, rash, reckless, foolhardy mean exposing oneself to danger more than required by good sense. adventurous implies a willingness to accept risks but not necessarily imprudence.
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- adventurous pioneers
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- venturesome stunt pilots
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- daring mountain climbers
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- daredevil motorcyclists
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- a rash decision
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- a reckless driver
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- the foolhardy sailor ventured into the storm
Definition of daring
: venturesome boldness
Examples of daring in a Sentence
Skydiving requires both skill and daring.
He performs the trick with the daring of a stuntman.
Recent Examples of daring from the Web
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The goats appeared to have wandered away from a local farm, and the farmer, who was present for the daring rescue, collected his unruly children and took them back home.
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Those choices have far less to do with Mokhtar or coffee or Yemen than with Eggers’s own approach to his story—his attempt to show a world of daring and enterprise, in which Americans rise from rags to riches through sheer chutzpah.
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And through it all, the enormous cast speaks Tony Kushner’s gleaming dialogue— aria after aria — with speed and intelligence and daring.
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Noted composer Anthony Davis blurs the lines between jazz, opera, world music, the avant-garde and other styles with unique skill and daring.
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Some of that charm is a legacy of the classic 1962 Luis Buñuel movie, which Adès and Cairns have adapted with both loyalty and daring.
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His body was writ over with his daring and folly, a testament to the fragility and strength of flesh and bone.
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Fans cheer his daring passing and gaining momentum on the high line.
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Check out the daring profile in its entirety over at The New Yorker.
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First Known Use of daring
1584
daring Synonyms
Synonyms
bravery, courage, courageousness, daringness, dauntlessness, doughtiness, fearlessness, gallantry, greatheartedness, guts, gutsiness, hardihood, heart, heroism, intestinal fortitude, intrepidity, intrepidness, moxie, nerve, prowess, stoutness, valor, virtue;
Antonyms
cowardice, cowardliness, cravenness, dastardliness, poltroonery, spinelessness;
Near Antonyms
cold feet, faintheartedness, fearfulness, mousiness, timidity, timorousness;
Related Words
backbone, fiber, fortitude, grit, gumption, mettle, pluck, pluckiness, spunk, temper;
determination, perseverance, resolution;
endurance, stamina, stomach, tenacity;
audacity, boldness, brazenness, cheek, effrontery, gall, temerity;
DARING Defined for English Language Learners
daring
Definition of daring for English Language Learners
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: willing to do dangerous or difficult things
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: showing a lack of fear
daring
Definition of daring for English Language Learners
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: the quality of being willing to do dangerous or difficult things : courage or fearlessness
DARING Defined for Kids
Definition of daring for Students
: ready to take risks : bold, venturesome
- a daring explorer
Definition of daring for Students
: bold fearlessness : readiness to take chances
It took daring to fly the first airplanes.
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