All dare synonyms
dare
D d verb dare
- challenge β A challenge is something new and difficult which requires great effort and determination.
- taunt β to reproach in a sarcastic, insulting, or jeering manner; mock.
- insult β to treat or speak to insolently or with contemptuous rudeness; affront.
- resist β to withstand, strive against, or oppose: to resist infection; to resist temptation.
- oppose β to act against or provide resistance to; combat.
- threaten β to utter a threat against; menace: He threatened the boy with a beating.
- provoke β to anger, enrage, exasperate, or vex.
- spurn β to reject with disdain; scorn.
- bully β A bully is someone who uses their strength or power to hurt or frighten other people.
- cope β If you cope with a problem or task, you deal with it successfully.
- front β the foremost part or surface of anything.
- confront β If you are confronted with a problem, task, or difficulty, you have to deal with it.
- goad β a stick with a pointed or electrically charged end, for driving cattle, oxen, etc.; prod.
- denounce β If you denounce a person or an action, you criticize them severely and publicly because you feel strongly that they are wrong or evil.
- face β the front part of the head, from the forehead to the chin.
- disregard β to pay no attention to; leave out of consideration; ignore: Disregard the footnotes.
- brave β Someone who is brave is willing to do things which are dangerous, and does not show fear in difficult or dangerous situations.
- scorn β open or unqualified contempt; disdain: His face and attitude showed the scorn he felt.
- meet β greatest lower bound
- mock β to attack or treat with ridicule, contempt, or derision.
- beard β A man's beard is the hair that grows on his chin and cheeks.
- undertake β to take upon oneself, as a task, performance, etc.; attempt: She undertook the job of answering all the mail.
- attempt β If you make an attempt to do something, you try to do it, often without success.
- presume β to take for granted, assume, or suppose: I presume you're tired after your drive.
- stake β something that is wagered in a game, race, or contest.
- hazard β an unavoidable danger or risk, even though often foreseeable: The job was full of hazards.
- try β to attempt to do or accomplish: Try it before you say it's simple.
- adventure β If someone has an adventure, they become involved in an unusual, exciting, and rather dangerous journey or series of events.
- venture β an undertaking involving uncertainty as to the outcome, especially a risky or dangerous one: a mountain-climbing venture.
- speculate β to engage in thought or reflection; meditate (often followed by on, upon, or a clause).
- gamble β to play at any game of chance for money or other stakes.
- risk β exposure to the chance of injury or loss; a hazard or dangerous chance: It's not worth the risk.
- face up to β the front part of the head, from the forehead to the chin.
- have the guts β be brave enough
- urge β to push or force along; impel with force or vigor: to urge the cause along.
- laugh at β to express mirth, pleasure, derision, or nervousness with an audible, vocal expulsion of air from the lungs that can range from a loud burst of sound to a series of quiet chuckles and is usually accompanied by characteristic facial and bodily movements.
- run the gauntlet β a former punishment, chiefly military, in which the offender was made to run between two rows of men who struck at him with switches or weapons as he passed.
- outdare β to surpass in daring.
- square off β a rectangle having all four sides of equal length.
- go ahead β permission or a signal to proceed: They got the go-ahead on the construction work.
- make bold β to bring into existence by shaping or changing material, combining parts, etc.: to make a dress; to make a channel; to make a work of art.
noun dare
- provocation β the act of provoking.
- ultimatum β a final, uncompromising demand or set of terms issued by a party to a dispute, the rejection of which may lead to a severance of relations or to the use of force.
- spur β a batch of newly made rag-paper sheets.
- stimulus β something that incites to action or exertion or quickens action, feeling, thought, etc.: The approval of others is a potent stimulus.
- defiance β Defiance is behaviour or an attitude which shows that you are not willing to obey someone.
- cartel β A cartel is an association of similar companies or businesses that have grouped together in order to prevent competition and to control prices.
- defy β If you defy someone or something that is trying to make you behave in a particular way, you refuse to obey them and behave in that way.
- stump β the lower end of a tree or plant left after the main part falls or is cut off; a standing tree trunk from which the upper part and branches have been removed.