Adventurous
[əd'ventʃ(ə)rəs] or [əd'vɛntʃərəs]
Definition
(adj.) willing to undertake or seeking out new and daring enterprises; 'adventurous pioneers'; 'the risks and gains of an adventuresome economy' .
Editor: Rodney--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) Inclined to adventure; willing to incur hazard; prone to embark in hazardous enterprise; rashly daring; -- applied to persons.
(n.) Full of hazard; attended with risk; exposing to danger; requiring courage; rash; -- applied to acts; as, an adventurous undertaking, deed, song.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Bold, daring, courageous, venturesome, venturous, chivalrous, doughty, enterprising.[2]. Rash, reckless, precipitate, headlong, foolhardy, full of hazard.
Checker: Pamela
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Bold, brave, daring, enterprising, courageous, gallant, fearless, venturesome,rash, chivalrous, hazardous
ANT:Timid, unenterprising, inadventurous, cowardly, nervous, hesitating, cautious
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Examples
- Pure reason is so gentlemanly, but will and the visions of a people--these are adventurous and incalculable forces. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- The wild adventurous freedom of their life had taken her fancy; she felt inclined to wish them success; she had no fear of them. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- The flight (the Hegira[322]) was an adventurous one, the pursuit being pressed hard. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- I am an adventurous character. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- When we three males were left alone after dinner, he got into a more adventurous state. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- He did it with some flourish of ceremony, for a mail journey from London in winter was an achievement to congratulate an adventurous traveller upon. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- There would be more of an adventurous spirit in it, and consequently more of a certain sort of poetry. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Their undisguised intimacy, and the character I now know Riderhood to bear, made that not at all adventurous. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- He was very adventurous, I presume? Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Here was something to do: here was some one to see, and a charmingly adventurous way to see him. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Jo liked the prospect and was eager to be gone, for the home nest was growing too narrow for her restless nature and adventurous spirit. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
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