adj. invulnerable to fear or intimidation; "audacious explorers"; "fearless reporters and photographers"; "intrepid pioneers"

adj. possessing or displaying courage; able to face and deal with danger or fear without flinching; "Familiarity with danger makes a brave man braver but less daring"- Herman Melville; "a frank courageous heart...triumphed over pain"- William Wordsworth; "set a courageous example by leading them safely into and out of enemy-held territory"

adj. willing to undertake or seeking out new and daring enterprises; "adventurous pioneers"; "the risks and gains of an adventuresome economy"

adj. used of temperament or behavior; lacking restraint or modesty; "a forward child badly in need of discipline"

adj. oblivious of dangers or perils or calmly resolute in facing them

adj. excessively forward; "an assumptive person"; "on a subject like this it would be too assuming for me to decide"; "the duchess would not put up with presumptuous servants"

adj. characterized by undue haste and lack of thought or deliberation; "a hotheaded decision"; "liable to such impulsive acts as hugging strangers"; "an impetuous display of spending and gambling"; "madcap escapades"; (`brainish' is archaic)

adj. radically new or original; "an avant-garde theater piece"

adj. unflinching in battle or action; "a gallant warrior"; "put up a gallant resistance to the attackers"

adj. impossible to subdue

adj. showing sustained enthusiastic action with unflagging vitality; "an indefatigable advocate of equal rights"; "a tireless worker"; "unflagging pursuit of excellence"

adj. impossible to repress or control; "an irrepressible chatterbox"; "uncontrollable laughter"

adj. having or showing valor; "a valiant attempt to prevent the hijack"; "a valiant soldier"

adj. used especially of persons; "a stalwart knight"; "a stouthearted fellow who had an active career in the army"

adj. resembling steel as in hardness; "steely eyes"; "steely nerves like those of a steeplejack"

adj. not given to gentleness or sentimentality; "a tough character"

adj. incapable of adapting or changing to meet circumstances; "a rigid disciplinarian"; "an inflexible law"; "an unbending will to dominate"

adj. not embarrassed; "a tinseled charm and unabashed sentimentality"- Jerome Stone; "an unembarrassed greeting as if nothing untoward had happened"

adj. conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible; "a crying shame"; "an egregious lie"; "flagrant violation of human rights"; "a glaring error"; "gross ineptitude"; "gross injustice"; "rank treachery"

adj. open and observable; not secret or hidden; "an overt lie"; "overt hostility"; "overt intelligence gathering"; "open ballots"

adj. resolutely courageous; "undaunted in the face of death"

adj. characterized by a lightly pert and exuberant quality; "a certain irreverent gaiety and ease of manner"

adj. marked by firm determination or resolution; not shakable; "firm convictions"; "a firm mouth"; "steadfast resolve"; "a man of unbendable perseverence"; "unwavering loyalty"

adj. having or showing or indicative of high or elevated character; "a noble spirit"; "noble deeds"

adj. presumptuously daring; "a daredevil test pilot having the right stuff"

adj. showing or requiring courage and contempt of danger; "the nervy feats of mountaineers"

adj. made bold or courageous

adj. marked by defiant disregard for danger or consequences; "foolhardy enough to try to seize the gun from the hijacker"; "became the fiercest and most reckless of partisans"-Macaulay; "a reckless driver"; "a rash attempt to climb Mount Everest"

adj. having or displaying qualities appropriate for heroes; "the heroic attack on the beaches of Normandy"; "heroic explorers"

adj. revealing excessive self-confidence; reaching for the heights; "vaulting ambition"

adj. having or showing undue valor or boldness; "a foolish overvaliant act"

adj. showing fear and lack of confidence