Dauntless
['dɔːntlɪs] or ['dɔntləs]
Definition
(a.) Incapable of being daunted; undaunted; bold; fearless; intrepid.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Fearless, intrepid, bold, brave, daring, undaunted, courageous, gallant, valiant, valorous, doughty, chivalrous, heroic.
Typed by Gus
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Valiant, gallant, fearless, lion-hearted, intrepid
ANT:Cautious, cowardly, timid
Checker: Sondra
Examples
- And Gerald would be freer, more dauntless than Bismarck. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Yet never, even in the recent history of Haarlem, had an attack been received by more dauntless breasts. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- In my dauntless zeal for her welfare, I ran the great risk, and openly alluded to her marriage engagement. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Until this dauntless worldling came in and broke the spell, and lifted the latch, we too have forborne to enter into that sad chamber. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- No hero of mythology or fable ever dared such dragons to rescue some captive goddess as did this dauntless champion of civilization. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- A certain picture by Dürer, a certain poem of Browning's, convey in every detail the feeling of dauntless resolution. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- This dauntless example fired Zara. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- In the wild lust of hand-to-hand combat my old dauntless hopefulness returned. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
Checker: Sondra