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Definition/Meaning

(adjective)

brave, showing strength, courage, or nerve;

e.g. She was a nerved explorer who ventured deep into the forest.

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Similar Words

Adventuresome

Adventurous

Audacious

Bold

Daring

Dashing

Emboldened

Enterprising

Fortified

Gutsy

Hardy

Nervy

Poised

Venturesome

Venturous

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Opposite Words

Afraid

Alarmed

Calm

Careful

Cautious

Chickenhearted

Concerned

Cool

Coward

Cowardly

Craven

Dismayed

Fainthearted

Fearful

Frightened

Frustrated

Heedful

Levelheaded

Lily-livered

Milky

Overcareful

Overcautious

Paralyzed

Poltroon

Pusillanimous

Sage

Sane

Scared

Shocked

Shook

Shy

Timid

Timorous

Tired

Undercut

Undone

Upset

Wary

Worried

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Related Words

Absurd

Asinine

Balmy

Brainless

Brash

Brave

Courageous

Crazy

Daredevil

Dauntless

Dumb

Emboldened

Fearless

Foolhardy

Foolish

Gadarene

Gallant

Greathearted

Gritty

Harebrained

Hasty

Headlong

Heedless

Heroic

Hotheaded

Idiotic

Impetuous

Imprudent

Impulsive

Incautious

Insane

Inspired

Intrepid

Irrational

Lionhearted

Lunatic

Mad

Madcap

Nutty

Overbold

Overconfident

Plucky

Precipitate

Rash

Reckless

Silly

Spirited

Spunky

Stalwart

Stout

Stouthearted

Stupid

Sustained

Swashbuckling

Thoughtless

Unafraid

Undaunted

Unnecessary

Unreasonable

Valiant

Valorous

Wacky

Whacky

Wild

Witless

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