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brave adjective 1.•they put up a brave fight:courageous, valiant, valorous, intrepid, heroic, lionhearted, bold, fearless, gallant, daring, plucky, audacious | unflinching, unshrinking, unafraid, dauntless, doughty, mettlesome, stouthearted, spirited | informal game, gutsy, spunky. ANT cowardly. 2.literary •his medals made a brave show:splendid, magnificent, impressive, fine, handsome.▶noun dated •an Indian brave:warrior, soldier, fighter.▶verb •fans braved freezing temperatures to see them play:endure, put up with, bear, withstand, weather, suffer, go through | face, confront, defy.WORD SPECTRUM: cowardly / brave See cowardly Word Spectrums show shades of meaning between two polar opposites.WORD NOTE brave Excepting the few who boldly confront oppressive laws or governments (Émile Zola, Anna Akhmatova), or those who join fighting brigades where they risk being killed in battle (Ernst Junger, Andre Malraux), no writer should be referred to as brave. Too often modern poets are called brave—or daring or fearless—simply because they write openly about being lonely, sexually frustrated, or drug-dependent. Worse yet, critics sometime present the verbal equivalent of the Silver Star to some assistant professor attempting an unfashionable verse form in his latest contribution to the Powhatan Review. That's not quite what placing your life on the line means. Save all those courageous adjectives for coal miners, firefighters and the truly heroic. — MDConversational, opinionated, and idiomatic, these Word Notes are an opportunity to see a working writer's perspective on a particular word or usage. |