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Definition of Courageous
1. Adjective. Possessing or displaying courage; able to face and deal with danger or fear without flinching. "Set a courageous example by leading them safely into and out of enemy-held territory"
Attributes: Braveness, Bravery, Courage, Courageousness
Also: Adventuresome, Adventurous, Fearless, Unafraid, Bold, Resolute
Similar to: Desperate, Heroic, Gallant, Game, Gamey, Gamy, Gritty, Mettlesome, Spirited, Spunky, Lionhearted, Stalwart, Stouthearted, Undaunted, Valiant, Valorous
Derivative terms: Braveness, Courage, Courageousness
Antonyms: Cowardly
Definition of Courageous
1. a. Possessing, or characterized by, courage; brave; bold.
Definition of Courageous
1. Adjective. Of a person, displaying or possessing courage. ¹
2. Adjective. Of an action, that requires courage. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Courageous
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Courageous
Literary usage of Courageous
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Life and Stories of the Jaina Savior, Pārçvanātha by Aristophanes, Bhāvadevasūri, Richard Thomas Elliott, William Joseph Myles Starkie (1919)
"... courageous endurance 32 The text ... namely sattva, or ‘courageous endurance,'
ending with the following illustration: King ..."
2. The Library of Literary Criticism of English and American Authors by Charles Wells Moulton (1904)
"... of success was closed, the way of courageous effort still lay open. Touched with
the spirit of that ..."
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