Find the of
☀
Appearance
✓Use device theme  
✓Dark theme
✓Light theme

What is the verb for daring?

What's the verb for daring? Here's the word you're looking for.

dare
  1. (intransitive) To have enough courage (to do something).
  2. (transitive) To defy or challenge (someone to do something)
  3. (transitive) To have enough courage to meet or do something, go somewhere, etc.; to face up to
  4. (transitive) To terrify; to daunt.
  5. (transitive) To catch (larks) by producing terror through the use of mirrors, scarlet cloth, a hawk, etc., so that they lie still till a net is thrown over them.
  6. Synonyms:
      7. venture, presume, undertake, risk, adventure, attempt, endeavor, endeavour, gamble, hazard, speculate, stake, try, have the temerity, have the audacity, have the nerve, have the courage, have the effrontery, be brave enough, be so bold as, take the liberty, take the risk, go so far as, make so bold as, have the cheek, have the guts, make bold, take a chance, be so bold, risk doing, endanger oneself, pluck up courage, brave doing, go out on a limb, hazard doing, be bold, go ahead, make bold to, pluck up, take a flyer, take heart, face up to, run the risk, try your hand, take the liberty of doing, take the liberty of, brave, muster the courage, go so far, run the gauntlet … more
  7. Examples:
      8. “Little children would not dare to venture out beyond the protection of their parents.”
      “My dear Fred, it is useless your trying to dare me to do that which I consider wrong.”
      “The good spirits, if such existed, would not dare the storm, but had retreated to cover.”
dare
  1. (obsolete) To stare stupidly or vacantly; to gaze as though amazed or terrified. [13th-16th c.]
  2. (obsolete) To lie or crouch down in fear. [13th-16th c.]
  3. Synonyms:
      4. venture, presume, undertake, risk, adventure, attempt, endeavor, endeavour, gamble, hazard, speculate, stake, try, have the temerity, have the audacity, have the nerve, have the courage, have the effrontery, be brave enough, be so bold as, take the liberty, take the risk, go so far as, make so bold as, have the cheek, have the guts, make bold, take a chance, be so bold, risk doing, endanger oneself, pluck up courage, brave doing, go out on a limb, hazard doing, be bold, go ahead, make bold to, pluck up, take a flyer, take heart, face up to, run the risk, try your hand, take the liberty of doing, take the liberty of, brave, muster the courage, go so far, run the gauntlet … more
  4. Examples:
      5. “Little children would not dare to venture out beyond the protection of their parents.”
      “My dear Fred, it is useless your trying to dare me to do that which I consider wrong.”
      “The good spirits, if such existed, would not dare the storm, but had retreated to cover.”
daring
  1. present participle of dare
  2. Synonyms:
      3. venturing, presuming, undertaking, risking, adventuring, attempting, endeavoring, endeavouring, gambling, hazarding, speculating, staking, trying, having the temerity, having the audacity, having the nerve, having the courage, having the effrontery, taking the liberty, taking the risk, going so far as, making so bold as, having the cheek, having the guts, making bold, taking a chance, risking doing, plucking up courage, braving doing, going out on a limb, hazarding doing, going ahead, making bold to, plucking up, taking a flyer, taking heart, facing up to, running the risk, trying your hand, taking the liberty of doing, taking the liberty of, braving, mustering the courage, going so far, running the gauntlet, throwing down the gauntlet, challenging, defying, provoking, goading … more
dares
  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dare
  2. Synonyms:
      3. challenges, goads, invites, provokes, taunts, summons, throws down the gauntlet, bids, defies, tries, stumps, issues a challenge to, calls someone's bluff, bullies, urges, invites to debate, asks for trouble, starts something, dare … more
dareth
  1. (archaic) third-person singular simple present indicative form of dare
darest
  1. (archaic) second-person singular simple present form of dare
  2. Examples:
      3. “And thou, thou darest to bring me this talk from a skunk of the mountains.”
dared
  1. simple past tense and past participle of dare
  2. Synonyms:
      3. ventured, presumed, undertook, undertaken, risked, adventured, attempted, endeavored, endeavoured, gambled, hazarded, speculated, staked, tried, had the temerity, had the audacity, had the nerve, had the courage, had the effrontery, took the liberty, taken the liberty, took the risk, taken the risk, went so far as, gone so far as, made so bold as, had the cheek, had the guts, made bold, took a chance, taken a chance, risked doing, plucked up courage, braved doing, went out on a limb, gone out on a limb, hazarded doing, went ahead, gone ahead, made bold to, plucked up, took a flyer, taken a flyer, took heart, taken heart, faced up to, ran the risk, run the risk, tried your hand, took the liberty of doing … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “She dared me to go for some red lipstick, so I smoothed some chapstick on, then glided the blood-red stuff onto my lips.”
      “Then she's at a public hearing, decrying the woman who dared to take her husband to task for sexually abusing their daughters.”
      “None of his generals dared order reinforcements without his permission, and no-one dared wake him.”
Find more words!
Use * for blank tiles (max 2) Advanced Search Advanced Search
Use * for blank spaces Advanced Search
Advanced Word Finder

New Story Writing Game!

Win Amazon gift cards by writing simple stories at Fictish, a new story writing game backed by WordHippo.

See Also

Nearby Words
darers
dares
dares
daresome
darest
dareth
daringly
daringness
daringnesses
darings
dark
dark
6-letter Words Starting With
d
da
dar
dari
darin
Find Verbs
go
Word Tools Finders & Helpers Apps More Synonyms
Synonyms
Antonyms
Rhymes
Sentences
Nouns
Verbs
Adjectives
Adverbs
Plural
Singular
Past Tense
Present Tense
Word Unscrambler
Words With Friends
Scrabble
Crossword / Codeword
iOS / Apple
Android
Home
About Us
Terms of Use
Privacy Statement
A B C D E F G H I J K L M
N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Antonyms
A B C D E F G H I J K L M
N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Copyright WordHippo © 2026