dauntlessness

dauntlessness
(Roget's Thesaurus II) noun The quality of mind enabling one to face danger or hardship resolutely: braveness, bravery, courage, courageousness, doughtiness, fearlessness, fortitude, gallantry, gameness, heart, intrepidity, intrepidness, mettle, nerve, pluck, pluckiness, spirit, stoutheartedness, undauntedness, vahance, valiancy, valiantness, valor. Informal: spunk, spunkiness. Slang: gut (used in plural), gutsiness, moxie. See FEAR.

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  • dauntlessness — n. resolute courageousness. Syn: intrepidity. [WordNet 1.5] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • dauntlessness — index prowess (bravery) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • dauntlessness — dauntless ► ADJECTIVE ▪ fearless and determined. DERIVATIVES dauntlessly adverb dauntlessness noun …   English terms dictionary

  • Dauntlessness — dauntless daunt less, a. Incapable of being daunted; undaunted; bold; fearless; intrepid. [1913 Webster] Dauntless he rose, and to the fight returned. Dryden. {Daunt less*ly}, adv. {Daunt less*ness}, n. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • dauntlessness — noun see dauntless …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • dauntlessness — See dauntlessly. * * * …   Universalium

  • dauntlessness — noun The characteristic of being dauntless; fearlessness …   Wiktionary

  • dauntlessness — n. fearlessness, boldness …   English contemporary dictionary

  • dauntlessness — daunt·less·ness …   English syllables

  • dauntlessness — noun resolute courageousness • Syn: ↑intrepidity • Derivationally related forms: ↑intrepid (for: ↑intrepidity), ↑dauntless • Hypernyms: ↑courage, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

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