daring

(dâr'ĭng)
adj.
Willing to take or seek out risks; bold and venturesome. See synonyms at adventurous.

n.
Audacious bravery; boldness.

daringly dar'ing·ly adv.
daringness dar'ing·ness n.

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adjective

Taking or willing to take risks: adventuresome, adventurous, audacious, bold, daredevil, enterprising, venturesome, venturous. See safety/danger.

noun

Willingness to take risks: adventuresomeness, adventurousness, audaciousness, audacity, boldness, daredevilry, daredeviltry, daringness, venturesomeness, venturousness. See safety/danger.

adj

Definition: adventurous
Antonyms: afraid, bashful, chicken, cowardly, fearful, meek, shy, timid, unadventurous, unwilling

A cynical view of the world by Ambrose Bierce

n.

One of the most conspicuous qualities of a man in security.

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IN BRIEF: To act fearlessly.

It is better to err on the side of daring than the side of caution. — Alvin Toffler.

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See words rhyming with "daring."

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - dristig, forvoven
n. - vovemod, dristighed

Nederlands (Dutch)
vermetel, gewaagd, durf, moed, gewaagdheid

Français (French)
adj. - téméraire, hardi, osé, audacieux
n. - audace, hardiesse

Deutsch (German)
n. - Wagemut
adj. - kühn, keck, gewagt

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - τόλμη, κουράγιο, τόλμημα (κν. αποκοτιά)
adj. - τολμηρός, ριψοκίνδυνος

Italiano (Italian)
coraggio, audace, azzardato

Português (Portuguese)
n. - ousadia (f)
adj. - audácia

Русский (Russian)
смелость, смелый, дерзкий

Español (Spanish)
adj. - atrevido, osado, arriesgado
n. - atrevimiento, osadía

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - djärvhet
adj. - djärv, vågad

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
大胆的, 勇敢, 胆量

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 大膽的
n. - 勇敢, 膽量

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 용기 있는, 무모한
n. - 용기, 대담, 참신함

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 大胆不敵
adj. - 大胆な, 大胆不敵な, 思い切った

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) جراة, جسارة, جراة بحد التهور في التصرف والتفكير (صفه) جرئ بحد التهور في تصرفاته وتفكيره‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮נועז, אמיץ, חצוף, הרפתקן‬
n. - ‮העזה, תעוזה הרפתקנית‬

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