daring
a challenge to do something dangerous or foolhardy
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,776 of 86,584 words measured. It occurs 46,605 times across 411,287 published chapters — 0.003% of every word in the library.
What it means
noun
- a challenge to do something dangerous or foolhardy also: dare he could never refuse a dare
- the trait of being willing to undertake things that involve risk or danger also: boldness, hardiness, hardihood the proposal required great boldnessthe plan required great hardiness of heart
adjective
- disposed to venture or take risks also: audacious, venturesome, venturous audacious visions of the total conquest of spacean audacious interpretation of two Jacobean dramas
- radically new or original also: avant-garde an avant-garde theater piece
daring in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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After this came the daring journey across Bhutan.
The Under-Secretary · William Le Queux · Chapter 1
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Hadron of Hastor was at the controls, hatching a rescue plan that required unusual daring and great ingenuity.
A fighting man of Mars · Edgar Rice Burroughs · Chapter 1
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It's that young Master William of yours, and he is the most daring and outrageous of the lot,' she added.
Mountain Moggy: The Stoning of the Witch · William Henry Giles Kingston · Chapter 1
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He never lost his self-possession, but said, with a smile-- "Very good; but rather daring in a private soldier--a poacher--a vagabond!"
The Queen's cadet, and other tales · James Grant · Chapter 1
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I myself was at the Willows, and beheld the victory won; Saw the victor's final effort, and the deed of daring done.
Sagittulae, Random Verses · Edward Woodley Bowling · Chapter 1