MEANING
Unwilling to be intimidated or discouraged by danger or difficulty.
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Words that belong together
- dauntless resolve
- dauntless explorer
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Her dauntless resolve kept the group moving.
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Word forms
- Base
- dauntless
Usage notes
Primary category: literary / elevated general. Forms: Comparative more dauntless; superlative most dauntless when comparison is meaningful. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: character, description. Commonness: moderately common.
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