dauntless

English

Etymology

daunt +‎ -less

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈdɔːntləs/
- Audio (Southern England) (file)

Adjective

dauntless (comparative more dauntless, superlative most dauntless)

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."

Related terms

undaunted (adj)

Translations

invulnerable to fear or intimidation

Bulgarian: неустрашим (bg) (neustrašim)
Czech: neohrožený, nebojácný
Finnish: peloton (fi), huimapäinen
French: indomptable (fr)
German: unerschrocken (de), furchtlos (de)
Latin: interritus
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

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