Intrepid
[ɪn'trepɪd] or [ɪn'trɛpɪd]
Definition
(a.) Not trembling or shaking with fear; fearless; bold; brave; undaunted; courageous; as, an intrepid soldier; intrepid spirit.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Bold, fearless, dauntless, undaunted, undismayed, unterrified, unappalled, unawed, brave, courageous, valorous, valiant, heroic, gallant, chivalrous, daring, doughty.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Fearless, brave, unterrified, courageous, valorous, heroic, chivalrous,doughty,[See DAUNTLESS]
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Definition
adj. without trepidation or fear: undaunted: brave.—n. Intrepid′ity firm unshaken courage.—adv. Intrep′idly.
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Examples
- Nevertheless, his intrepid adversary prepared to close for the thirteenth time. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- The brilliant Lady Stunnington tried a passage of arms with her, but was routed with great slaughter by the intrepid little Becky. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- In this engagement the intrepid Wadsworth while trying to rally his men was mortally wounded and fell into the hands of the enemy. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Thrasymachus is pacified, but the intrepid Glaucon insists on continuing the argument. Plato. The Republic.
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