I commend her for the immense bravery she has shown throughout the investigation.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
Maybe your little one has done something special, shown exceptional bravery or just been extra nice this year.
The Sun (2016)
Fry stood firm, stirring his men by example; he showed outstanding bravery and resolution.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Not only for his bravery and courage, but also for his charity work since leaving the RAF.
The Sun (2017)
To come and share their experience with us shows great bravery and character.
The Sun (2012)
We remember the incredible bravery of those men and women.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Two teachers at the cinema showed amazing bravery.
The Sun (2015)
We just need to show a bit more courage and bravery to make things happen.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Police praised the bravery of members of the public who had stopped the pair.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
This book deserves a medal for bravery.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
It has also observed examples of great bravery and of selflessness.
Coyle, Andrew & Stern, Vivien The Prisons We Deserve (1994)
My players have an incredible sense of bravery and belief.
The Sun (2013)
This medal was given to soldiers who had shown bravery on the battlefield.
The Sun (2014)
Many more received other major awards for bravery in battle.
Michael Burleigh Earthly Powers: Religion and Politics in Europe from the Enlightenment to the GreatWar (2005)
The example of her courage and bravery is a lesson to us all.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
The models who let them loose on their locks deserve a medal for bravery.
The Sun (2014)
It recognises the incredible acts of bravery by courageous members of our armed forces.
The Sun (2009)
He showed bravery in returning after four knee operations and left with dignity yesterday.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Making awards for bravery is an imprecise science.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Those who had worked with him said that his insouciance belied great bravery in the face of danger.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
The police praised victims' bravery for reporting the crimes.
The Sun (2016)
You may need to find courage and bravery to go into what may be uncharted seas and no book can give you that.
Ingham, Christine Life Without Work (1994)
Instead of attacking her, they ought to praise her bravery in speaking out.
The Sun (2015)
Quotations
They are surely to be esteemed the bravest spirits who, having the clearest sense of both the pains and pleasures of life, do not on that account shrink from dangerThucydidesThe Peloponnesian War
In other languages
bravery
British English: bravery /ˈbreɪvərɪ/ NOUN
Bravery is brave behaviour or the quality of being brave.
He deserves the highest praise for his bravery.
American English: bravery
Arabic: شَجاعَة
Brazilian Portuguese: valentia
Chinese: 勇敢
Croatian: hrabrost
Czech: odvaha
Danish: tapperhed
Dutch: moed
European Spanish: valor valentía
Finnish: urheus
French: bravoure
German: Tapferkeit
Greek: γενναιότητα
Italian: coraggio
Japanese: 勇敢
Korean: 용기
Norwegian: mot
Polish: dzielność
European Portuguese: valentia
Romanian: bravură
Russian: бесстрашие
Latin American Spanish: valor valentía
Swedish: mod
Thai: ความกล้าหาญ
Turkish: cesaret
Ukrainian: хоробрість
Vietnamese: sự can đảm
Chinese translation of 'bravery'
bravery
(ˈbreɪvərɪ)
n(u)
英勇 (yīngyǒng)
(noun)
You deserve the highest praise for your bravery.
Synonyms
courage
They do not have the courage to apologise for their actions.
nerve
I never got up enough nerve to tell him he was wrong.
If we keep our nerve, we might be able to bluff it out.
daring
His daring nearly cost him his life.
pluck
Cynics might sneer at him but you have to admire his pluck.
balls (taboo, slang)
spirit
She was a very brave girl and everyone admired her spirit.
bottle (British, slang)
Will anyone have the bottle to go through with it?
guts (informal)
grit
He showed grit and determination in his fight back to health.
fortitude
He suffered his illness with dignity and fortitude.
heroism
individual acts of heroism
mettle
It's the first real test of his mettle this season.
boldness
bravura
gallantry
He was awarded a medal for his gallantry.
valour
He was decorated for valour in the war.
spunk (informal)
I admired her independence and her spunk.
hardiness
fearlessness
intrepidity
indomitability
hardihood
developing hardihood of body
ballsiness (taboo, slang)
dauntlessness
doughtiness
pluckiness
lion-heartedness
Opposites
fright
,
cowardice
,
timidity
,
fearfulness
,
faint-heartedness
Quotation
They are surely to be esteemed the bravest spirits who, having the clearest sense of both the pains and pleasures of life, do not on that account shrink from danger [Thucydides – The Peloponnesian War]
Additional synonyms
in the sense of bottle
Definition
courage
Will anyone have the bottle to go through with it?