valorousadjective
/ˈvæl.ə.rəs//ˈvæl.ɚ.əs/formal or literaryshowing great courage:
She will receive the Bronze Star Medal for exceptionally valorous actions while under enemy fire.
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- The Carnegie Hero Fund Commission gives monetary awards to individuals for valorous acts.
- His valorous performance is exemplary of the fighting spirit of the U.S. Army.
- Boxers are many things: valorous and gallant and often more than a little bit crazy.
- His was a bedtime-story England, where knights performed valorous deeds and dragons still lurked in the mountains of Wales.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Bravery
- audacious
- audacity
- balls
- bold
- bottle
- bravery
- derring-do
- Dutch courage
- fearless
- fighting spirit
- fortitude
- gut
- heart
- intestinal fortitude
- liquid courage
- nerve
- pluck
- spunk
- valour
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