fearless
[feer-lis]
- without fear; bold or brave; intrepid.
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Origin of fearless
Synonym study
See brave.
Antonyms
cowardly.
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Examples from the Web for fearlessness
Contemporary Examples
Clinton said Zamora jolted people out of ignorance, and lived a life of “compassion and fearlessness.”
He bizarrely poured hot wax on her skin and fired a pistol at her skirts to test her fearlessness.
There was a Lucille Ball–like fearlessness to her daffy brand of physical comedy that seemed to be refreshingly natural.
Miscavige became the leader of the church and chose as his lieutenant Marty Rathbun, who rose to fame because of his fearlessness.
This, the new generation of Baruch Goldsteinsand Yoel Lerners, is imbibing the doctrine of truth, fearlessness and xenophobia.
Historical Examples
It did not occur to him that this fearlessness was founded upon experience and knowledge.
White FangJack London
But still he remained incomprehensible in his simplicity, fearlessness, and rectitude.
End of the TetherJoseph Conrad
Her inheritance of brain and blood had all the strength of his, and her fearlessness was his own.
The PlundererRoy Norton
I believed in her fearlessness in any adventure that would interest her.
The Arrow of GoldJoseph Conrad
And within their own tribes they have justification for this fearlessness.
Word Origin and History for fearlessness
fearless
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper