Definitions for bravery

bravery brav·er·y

Spelling: [brey-vuh-ree, breyv-ree]
IPA: /ˈbreɪ və ri, ˈbreɪv ri/

Bravery is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 114 anagrams from letters in bravery (aberrvy).

Definitions for bravery

noun

  1. brave spirit or conduct; courage; valor.
  2. showiness; splendor; magnificence.

Origin of bravery

1540-50; probably Italian braveria, equivalent to brav(are) to brave + -eria -ery

Examples for bravery

He had been decorated for bravery nineteen times in his twenty-one-year career.

This makes the bravery of Julia and Sveta, a lesbian couple, to appear in the documentary that much more moving.

I asked him what reward the Helots had for bravery or virtue.

The attention of the reader is directed to the bravery of this officer.

But he jumped out of bed, and after his ablutions he recovered all his bravery.

Here it is, in the faces of the victims, in the stories of bravery, in the souls and memory of the survivors, the next of kin.

In 175 well-chosen words, he sums up the trials and the grit and bravery of the civil rights movement.

And she was 81: her death marks a shaming lack of bravery and innovation on the part of younger comics.

This was bold, but there was little enough of bravery in my words.

What delight it gave her to hear of the bravery of her poor boy!

Word Value for bravery
Scrable

15

Words with friends

16

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