English > brave: 6 senses > adjective 1Meaning | possessing or displaying courage; able to face and deal with danger / danger or fear without flinching. |
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Example | "Familiarity with danger makes a brave man braver but less daring"- Herman Melville |
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Synonym | courageous |
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Attribute of | courage, courageousness, bravery, braveness | A quality of spirit that enables you to face danger or pain without showing fear |
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Narrower | desperate, heroic | showing extreme / extreme courage |
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gallant | unflinching in battle or action |
game, gamy, gamey, gritty, mettlesome, spirited, spunky | willing to face danger |
lionhearted | extraordinarily courageous |
stalwart, stouthearted | Used especially of persons |
undaunted | resolutely courageous |
valiant, valorous | Having or showing valor |
See also | adventurous, adventuresome | willing to undertake or seeking out new and daring enterprises |
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bold | fearless and daring |
resolute | Firm in purpose or belief |
unafraid, fearless | oblivious of dangers or perils or calmly resolute in facing them |
Opposite | cowardly, fearful | lacking courage |
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Spanish | arrojado, brioso, corajudo, valeroso, valiente |
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Catalan | coratjós, valent, valerós |
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Nouns | braveness | a quality of spirit that enables you to face danger or pain without showing fear |
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Adverbs | bravely | in a courageous manner |
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