dauntless

English

Etymology

From daunt +‎ -less.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈdɔːnt.ləs/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈdɔnt.ləs/
  • (cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /ˈdɑnt.ləs/

Adjective

dauntless (comparative more dauntless, superlative most dauntless)

1. Invulnerable to fear or intimidation.

   Synonyms: daredevil, fearless

   Antonym: timid

   • 1855, Robert Browning, Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came, section XXXIV:

     [...] And yet / Dauntless the slug-horn to my lips I set, / And blew "Childe Roland to the Dark Tower came."

Derived terms

• dauntlessly
• dauntlessness

Related terms

• undaunted (adjective)

Translations

invulnerable to fear or intimidation

Bulgarian: неустрашим (bg) (neustrašim) Czech: neohrožený, nebojácný Dutch: onverschrokken (nl) Finnish: peloton (fi), huimapäinen French: indomptable (fr) German: unerschrocken (de), furchtlos (de) Hindi: निर्भय (hi) (nirbhay), निडर (hi) (niḍar) Hungarian: rettenthetetlen (hu) Latin: interritus Mansi: Northern Mansi: рохтуптаӈкве ве̄румта̄л (rohtuptaňkve vērumtāl), пилта̄л (piltāl) Plautdietsch: brow Polish: nieustraszony (pl) m Russian: неустрашимый (ru) (neustrašimyj) Serbo-Croatian: neustrašiv (sh), неустрашив m (neustrašiv) Spanish: impertérrito (es) Turkish: yılmaz (tr) Ukrainian: безстрашний (uk) m (bezstrašnyj)

See also

• indominable

Anagrams

• adultness