Compare FORTITUDE.Īdventurous, bold, chivalric, chivalrous, courageous, daring, dauntless, doughty, fearless, gallant, heroic, intrepid, undaunted, undismayed, valiant, venturesomeĪfraid, cowardly, cringing, faint-hearted, fearful, frightened, pusillanimous, shrinking, timid, timorous Courageous is more than brave, adding a moral element: the courageous man steadily encounters perils to which he may be keenly sensitive, at the call of duty the gallant are brave in a dashing, showy, and splendid way the valiant not only dare great dangers, but achieve great results the heroic are nobly daring and dauntless, truly chivalrous, sublimely courageous. The fearless and intrepid possess unshaken nerves in any place of danger. All great explorers have been adventurous children, fools, and criminals are venturesome. The adventurous find something romantic in dangerous enterprises the venturesome may be simply heedless, reckless, or ignorant. The daring step out to defy danger the dauntless will not flinch before anything that may come to them the doughty will give and take limitless hard knocks. The adventurous man goes in quest of danger the bold man stands out and faces danger or censure the brave man combines confidence with resolution in presence of danger the chivalrous man puts himself in peril for others' protection.

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