† darefuladj.
Obsolete. rare.
Full of daring or defiance.
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the mind > emotion > courage > daring > [adjective]
keenc897
dearOE
bolda1000
hardyc1225
yepec1275
crousea1400
jeopardousa1513
audacious1550
facing1564
venturous1565
daring1582
daring-hardy1597
audaculous1603
dareful1614
adventuresome1628
outdacious1742
risky1826
plucky1835
plucked1846
racy1901
have-a-go1953
philobatic1955
Boy's Own1967
the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > [adjective] > defiant
stout1390
outbraving1593
outfacing1598
dareful1614
defiatory1635
outdaring1644
braving1679
defensive1785
bravadoing1809
defying1834
defianta1837
1614 J. Sylvester Parl. Vertues Royall 994 Not by the Prowesse..Of his owne darefull hand.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Macbeth (1623) v. v. 6 We might haue met them darefull, beard to beard. View more context for this quotation
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adj.1614- without example
- without exception
- without excuse
- without fable
- without fage
- without fail
- without faintise
- without fame
- without fault
- without fear or favour
- without fee or reward
- without feign
- without feigning
- without fere
- without fighting a stroke
- without further ado
- without further delay
- without gab
- without gainsaying
- without grief
- without grith
- without guess
- without guessing
- without guile
- without guilt