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Definition of Dauntless
1. Adjective. Invulnerable to fear or intimidation. "Intrepid pioneers"
Similar to: Bold
Derivative terms: Audaciousness, Audacity, Braveness, Dauntlessness, Fearlessness, Fearlessness, Intrepidity
Definition of Dauntless
1. a. Incapable of being daunted; undaunted; bold; fearless; intrepid.
Definition of Dauntless
1. Adjective. Invulnerable to fear or intimidation. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Dauntless
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dauntless
Literary usage of Dauntless
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. by John Gibson Lockhart (1848)
"Harold the dauntless published— Scott aspires to be a Baron of the Exchequer —
Letter to the Duke of Buccleuch concerning Poachers, §c First attack of Cramp ..."
2. The Complete Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott by Walter Scott (1900)
"HAROLD THE dauntless INTRODUCTORY NOTE In the Introduction to The Lord of the
... This new fugitive piece was called Harold the dauntless ; and I am still ..."
3. The Iliad of Homer by Homer, John Graham Cordery (1871)
"The dauntless spirit Tydeus had of old When arms he wielded, I have breathed on
thee : And from thine eyes have moved the mist, that hung Upon them erst, ..."
4. The Lands of Scott by James Frothingham Hunnewell (1871)
"mmm "HAROLD THE dauntless." i and enjoyment he has actually provided for us, and
be satisfied since the brilliant pages of Prescott and of sent to us so ..."
5. Historical Sketch of the Rise, Progress, and Decline of the Reformation in by Walerjan Skorobohaty Krasinski, Valerian Krasinski (1838)
"... the dauntless and Stanislav Szczepanowski bishop of Cracow. as we have already
said, foreigners, and their morals, according to contemporary writers, ..."
6. The Dictionary of National Biography by Sidney Lee (1909)
"D'Arblay describes him as ' a man of ten thousand; open, honest, dauntless,
light-hearted, innocent, and high-minded' (Diary, 1892, iii. ..."
7. The Lusiad: Or, The Discovery of India: an Epic Poem by Luís de Camões, William Julius Mickle (1809)
"Lo, while the moon through midnight azure rides, From the high wall adown his
spear-staff* glides The dauntless Gerrald* : in his left he bears Two ..."
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