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courageous
adjective /kəˈreɪ.dʒəs/Definition
(Definition of courageous adjective from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- adventurous adjective
- audacious adjective
- ballsy adjective
- be man enough to do sth idiom
- bite the bullet idiom
- gallant adjective (BRAVE)
- get your courage up idiom
- grasp the nettle idiom
- gritty adjective (BRAVE)
- gutsy adjective
- have nerves of steel idiom
- knightly adjective
- muster sth up phrasal verb
- nerve verb
- pluck up your courage idiom
- plucky adjective
- screw up your courage idiom
- spunky adjective (BRAVE)
- valiant adjective
- venturesome adjective
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