Synonyms for braveness


Grammar : Noun
Spell : breyv
Phonetic Transcription : breɪv

Top 10 synonyms for braveness Other synonyms for the word braveness

Définition of braveness

Origin :
  • late 15c., from Middle French brave, "splendid, valiant," from Italian bravo "brave, bold," originally "wild, savage," possibly from Medieval Latin bravus "cutthroat, villain," from Latin pravus "crooked, depraved;" a less likely etymology being from Latin barbarus (see barbarous). A Celtic origin (Irish breagh, Cornish bray) also has been suggested.
  • Old English words for this, some with overtones of "rashness," included modig (now "moody"), beald ("bold"), cene ("keen"), dyrstig ("daring"). Brave new world is from the title of Aldous Huxley's 1932 satirical utopian novel; he lifted the phrase from Shakespeare ("Tempest" v.i.183).
  • noun courage
Example sentences :
  • But I got to stuttering, and my braveness stuttered itself away.
  • Extract from : « Danny's Own Story » by Don Marquis
  • One often related story concerning her braveness as a baby and her own opinion of this quality of hers is this.
  • Extract from : « Chapters from My Autobiography » by Mark Twain
  • Yet had this been a lion of average strength and braveness he must have killed or severely injured both.
  • Extract from : « Watched by Wild Animals » by Enos A. Mills
  • You say it is all "Comrades" and braveness out there at the front, and people don't think of themselves.
  • Extract from : « Hall-Marked and Others (From Six Short Plays) » by John Galsworthy

Antonyms for braveness

Based on : Thesaurus.com - Gutenberg.org - Dictionary.com - Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019