Thesaurus / dare
EXAMPLE SENTENCES FROM THE WEB
The man who removed the dolphin from the Indus River that Jabbar and his colleagues were trying to save told a judge he was responding to an impromptu dare by a friend.
THE UNLIKELY DOLPHIN RESCUE HOT SPOT: PAKISTANCHARU KASTURIFEBRUARY 2, 2021OZY
None other would dare to show herself unveiled to a stranger, and a white man at that.
THE RED YEARLOUIS TRACY
I never dare venture over except as the guest of some more fortunate friend.
ANCESTORSGERTRUDE ATHERTON
I do not know—I do not dare to believe—that I shall live to hear that key grating in the lock.
THE SALVAGING OF CIVILISATIONH. G. (HERBERT GEORGE) WELLS
She would not dare to choose, and begged that Mademoiselle Reisz would please herself in her selections.
THE AWAKENING AND SELECTED SHORT STORIESKATE CHOPIN
For accurate work the best instruments are the von Fleischl-Miescher and the Dare.
A MANUAL OF CLINICAL DIAGNOSISJAMES CAMPBELL TODD
But he didn't dare object again, for fear Mr. Blackbird would double the number once more and make it eighty.
THE TALE OF GRANDFATHER MOLEARTHUR SCOTT BAILEY
Thus much we dare venture to say, because on these points we, with all men, are in a position to form a judgment for ourselves.
HUNTING THE LIONSR.M. BALLANTYNE
Nam erga reliquos, aut hc aut in nauibus agentes didicerunt nobis non facil quicqu gratis dare.
It was the taunt of his chief of the staff, "Do you know that the soldiers say you are afraid and do not dare to advance?"
NAPOLEON'S MARSHALSR. P. DUNN-PATTISON
WORDS RELATED TO DARE
- affront
- audacity
- back talk
- big talk
- boldness
- bravado
- brazenness
- call
- cartel
- challenge
- command
- confrontation
- contempt
- contrariness
- contumacy
- dare
- defy
- effrontery
- enjoinder
- factiousness
- gas
- guts
- hot air
- impudence
- impugnment
- insolence
- insubordination
- insurgence
- insurgency
- intractableness
- lip
- muster
- opposition
- order
- perversity
- provocation
- rebellion
- rebelliousness
- recalcitrance
- revolt
- sass
- spite
- stump
- summons
- temerity
- throwing of the gauntlet
- unruliness
- baffle
- beard
- brave
- confront
- contemn
- dare
- defeat
- deride
- despise
- disregard
- elude
- face
- flout
- fly in face of
- foil
- front
- gibe
- hang tough
- hurl defiance at
- ignore
- insult
- make my day
- mock
- oppose
- outdare
- provoke
- repel
- repulse
- resist
- ridicule
- scorn
- slight
- spurn
- stick
- stick fast
- take one on
- thwart
- venture
- violate
- withstand
- baffle
- beard
- brave
- confront
- contemn
- dare
- defeat
- deride
- despise
- disregard
- elude
- face
- flout
- fly in face of
- foil
- front
- gibe
- hang tough
- hurl defiance at
- ignore
- insult
- make my day
- mock
- oppose
- outdare
- provoke
- repel
- repulse
- resist
- ridicule
- scorn
- slight
- spurn
- stick
- stick fast
- take one on
- thwart
- venture
- violate
- withstand
- baffle
- beard
- brave
- confront
- contemn
- dare
- defeat
- deride
- despise
- disregard
- elude
- face
- flout
- fly in face of
- foil
- front
- gibe
- hang tough
- hurl defiance at
- ignore
- insult
- make my day
- mock
- oppose
- outdare
- provoke
- repel
- repulse
- resist
- ridicule
- scorn
- slight
- spurn
- stick
- stick fast
- take one on
- thwart
- venture
- violate
- withstand
- balk
- be remiss
- break rules
- contravene
- counteract
- dare
- decline
- defy
- desert
- differ
- disagree
- evade
- flout
- fly in face of
- go counter to
- ignore
- infringe
- insurrect
- misbehave
- mutiny
- neglect
- not heed
- not listen
- not mind
- object
- overstep
- pay no attention to
- rebel
- recalcitrate
- resist
- revolt
- revolution
- revolutionize
- riot
- rise in arms
- run riot
- set aside
- shirk
- strike
- take law into own hands
- transgress
- violate
- withstand
- balk
- be remiss
- break rules
- contravene
- counteract
- dare
- decline
- defy
- desert
- differ
- disagree
- evade
- flout
- fly in face of
- go counter to
- ignore
- infringe
- insurrect
- misbehave
- mutiny
- neglect
- not heed
- not listen
- not mind
- object
- overstep
- pay no attention to
- rebel
- recalcitrate
- resist
- revolt
- revolution
- revolutionize
- riot
- rise in arms
- run riot
- set aside
- shirk
- strike
- take law into own hands
- transgress
- violate
- withstand
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.