Synonyms for undauntedness
Grammar : Noun |
Spell : uhn-dawn-tid, -dahn- |
Phonetic Transcription : ʌnˈdɔn tɪd, -ˈdɑn- |
Top 10 synonyms for undauntedness
Définition of undauntedness
Origin :- mid-15c., with reference to horses, "untamed, not broken in," from un- (1) "not" + past participle of daunt (v.). In reference to persons, meaning "intrepid" is recorded from 1580s.
- noun courage
- Let no world-syren come to sing to me this day, and wheedle from me my undauntedness.
- Extract from : « Pierre; or The Ambiguities » by Herman Melville
- So much were they surprised at our undauntedness, that they retired about a hundred roods from us.
- Extract from : « The Life and Most Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York, Mariner (1801) » by Daniel Defoe
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