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動詞

daring

1. present participle and gerund of dare

形容詞

daring (comparative more daring, superlative most daring)

1. Adventurous, willing to take on or look for risks; overbold.

   Synonyms: audacious, dareful, bold, venturesome, adventuresome

   • 1904–1905, Baroness Orczy [i.e., Emma Orczy], “The Tremarn Case”, in The Case of Miss Elliott, London: T[homas] Fisher Unwin, published 1905, →OCLC; republished as popular edition, London: Greening & Co., 1909, OCLC 11192831, quoted in The Case of Miss Elliott (ebook no. 2000141h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg of Australia, February 2020:

     “There the cause of death was soon ascertained ; the victim of this daring outrage had been stabbed to death from ear to ear with a long, sharp instrument, in shape like an antique stiletto, which […] was subsequently found under the cushions of the hansom. […] ”

2. Courageous or showing bravery; doughty.

   Synonyms: courageous; see also Thesaurus:brave

   • c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i]:

     […] By this scimitar,
     That slew the Sophy and a Persian prince
     That won three fields of Sultan Solyman,
     I would outstare the sternest eyes that look,
     Outbrave the heart most daring on earth,
     Pluck the young sucking cubs from the she-bear,
     Yea, mock the lion when he roars for prey,
     To win thee, lady. […]

3. Racy; sexually provocative.
   • 2013, Randy Rawls, Best Defense, page 59:

     Just what I wanted, seeing my mom in a daring bikini—or worse yet, my being in one. I had the perfect drawer I could bury it in.

派生語

関連する語

• daredevil
• dareful
• darer
• daresay

名詞

daring (usually uncountable, plural darings)

1. Boldness.

   Synonyms: boldness, audacity, fearlessness; see also Thesaurus:courage

アナグラム

• Dargin, Gardin, drag in, gradin, radgin