Definitions for daring

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daring dar·ing

Spelling: [dair-ing]

IPA: /ˈdɛər ɪŋ/

Daring is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 140 anagrams from letters in daring (adginr).

Definitions for daring

noun

1. adventurous courage; boldness.
2. an act of daring or defiance; challenge.

Idioms

1. dare say, daresay.

adjective

1. bold or courageous; fearless or intrepid; adventurous.

auxiliary verb

1. to have the necessary courage or boldness to (used chiefly in questions and negatives):

verb (used with object)

1. to have the boldness to try; venture; hazard.
2. to meet defiantly; face courageously.
3. to challenge or provoke (a person) into a demonstration of courage; defy:

verb (used without object)

1. to have the necessary courage or boldness for something; be bold enough:

Origin of daring

First recorded in 1575-85; dare + -ing¹, -ing²

Examples for daring

What daring boldness, what a strange revolt of a patient against his doctor!

The Bees Laline Paull (Ecco) This arresting debut novel is a daring dystopian story set in a beehive.

Now it was another and older man, daring, intelligent, unscrupulous.

Beautiful, daring and smart, Sophie managed to elude arrest on many occasions.

Just like Watson, Ansari is daring to elicit antagonism and ignorant accusations on account of his feminist beliefs.

At length the most daring of the "patriots" emitted a tentative hiss.

It is a tale of courage and commitment, daring and determination.

Their thieves are the most daring and their agents the most cunning.

Not that Modern Family would ever make such a daring move at this point.

But it is not altogether courage and daring that endear him to our hearts.