adventurous
Americanadjective
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inclined or willing to engage in adventures; enjoying adventures.
- Synonyms:
- venturesome, venturous, daring, bold
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full of risk; requiring courage; hazardous.
an adventurous undertaking.
adjective
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Also: adventuresome. daring or enterprising
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dangerous; involving risk
Other Word Forms
- adventurously adverb
- adventurousness noun
- nonadventurous adjective
- nonadventurously adverb
- nonadventurousness noun
- unadventurous adjective
- unadventurously adverb
- unadventurousness noun
Etymology
Origin of adventurous
First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English, from Middle French aventureus, aventureux; equivalent to adventure ( def. ) + -ous ( def. )
Example Sentences
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"I didn't fall sick despite the weather, and I was adventurous enough to try the cuisine in Kerala."
From BBC
The run falls about 1,200 vertical feet below a slow, three-person lift that ferries expert skiers to some of Mammoth’s most adventurous terrain.
From Los Angeles Times
Above, several adventurous skydivers steer themselves across the sky, their parachutes pops of color—red, orange, yellow, pink.
From Literature
There’s no reversing this trajectory, and most adventurous culinary enthusiasts wouldn’t want that.
From Salon
“We had a good time and it was adventurous,” she tells me.
From Los Angeles Times
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