dauntless
- not to be daunted or intimidated; fearless; intrepid; bold: a dauntless hero.
- (initial capital letter) Also called Douglas SBD. the principal U.S. Navy fleet bomber of early World War II, capable of carrying bombs or depth charges and particularly successful as a dive bomber.
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brave, daring, doughty, fearless, gallant, game, heroic, indomitable, intrepid, invincible, lionhearted, resolute, stouthearted, unafraid, unconquerable, undaunted, unflinching, valiant, valorous, awelessExamples from the Web for dauntless
Contemporary Examples of dauntless
If Miles Teller was in a faction like the characters in Divergent, he would be in Dauntless.
Armed with a plan that was equal parts erudite and dauntless, Burger plunged into the project, rising to every challenge.
She enlists in Dauntless, a faction composed of the fearless who protect the city.
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In Divergent, the Dauntless faction is implanted with chips that track them, and are also brainwashed into committing genocide.
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Historical Examples of dauntless
And, firm and dauntless, Morton laid his hand on the giant's vest.
Night and Morning, CompleteEdward Bulwer-Lytton
But she has never since been quite so dauntless, quite so full of the joy of life.
Meadow GrassAlice Brown
So faithful in love, and so dauntless in war, There never was knight like the young Lochinvar.
Graded Poetry: Second YearVarious
And straight against that great array, forth went the dauntless three.
Graded Poetry: Second YearVarious
To his bower was Beowulf brought in haste, dauntless victor.
BeowulfAnonymous
dauntless
- bold; fearless; intrepid