dashing
adjective
dash·ing ˈda-shiŋ 
1
: marked by vigorous action : spirited
a dashing young horse
2
: marked by smartness especially in dress and manners
dashingly
ˈda-shiŋ-lē
adverb 
Synonyms
- adventuresome
- adventurous
- audacious
- bold
- daring
- emboldened
- enterprising
- free-swinging
- gutsy
- hardy
- nerved
- nervy
- venturesome
- venturous
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Example Sentences
She married a dashing young lawyer from the city. a brave and dashing soldier The actor cuts a dashing figure as a young Jack Kennedy.
Recent Examples on the Web Slow Horses is a story about British intelligence operatives — but not the dashing, heroic types. 
Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Apr. 2022 Terremoto co-founder David Godshall with David Newsom, a dashing philosopher/gardener who runs the Wild Yards Project in L.A. with the mission to rewild domestic and shared urban spaces with the plants that used to call our city home. Sunset Magazine, 29 Mar. 2022 Speaking of, is Buckingham not the coolest, most dashing zad-rocker in the biz? Leah Greenblatt, EW.com, 8 Dec. 2021 Idris Elba cuts a dashing figure even in workaday prison stripes. Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2021 Behind every savvy explorer is a dashing travel bag — wanderlust-y tourists would not be able to gallivant around the world without the help of some trustworthy luggage. Alexandra Polk, refinery29.com, 10 May 2021 Idris Elba cuts a dashing figure even in workaday prison stripes. Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2021 William cut a dashing figure in his blue velvet tux. Simon Perry, PEOPLE.com, 18 Nov. 2021 Idris Elba cuts a dashing figure even in workaday prison stripes. Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2021 See More
Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Apr. 2022 Terremoto co-founder David Godshall with David Newsom, a dashing philosopher/gardener who runs the Wild Yards Project in L.A. with the mission to rewild domestic and shared urban spaces with the plants that used to call our city home. Sunset Magazine, 29 Mar. 2022 Speaking of, is Buckingham not the coolest, most dashing zad-rocker in the biz? Leah Greenblatt, EW.com, 8 Dec. 2021 Idris Elba cuts a dashing figure even in workaday prison stripes. Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2021 Behind every savvy explorer is a dashing travel bag — wanderlust-y tourists would not be able to gallivant around the world without the help of some trustworthy luggage. Alexandra Polk, refinery29.com, 10 May 2021 Idris Elba cuts a dashing figure even in workaday prison stripes. Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2021 William cut a dashing figure in his blue velvet tux. Simon Perry, PEOPLE.com, 18 Nov. 2021 Idris Elba cuts a dashing figure even in workaday prison stripes. Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2021 See More Word History
First Known Use
circa 1697, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Kids Definition
dashing
adjective
dash·ing
ˈda-shiŋ
: very attractive
The groom looked dashing in his tuxedo.
dashing 1 of 2
adjective
as in adventurous
inclined or willing to take risks the dashing heroes in stories about the American West Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- adventurous
- daring
- brave
- bold
- fearless
- courageous
- gallant
- enterprising
- venturous
- adventuresome
- venturesome
- hardy
- impulsive
- reckless
- heroic
- gutsy
- audacious
- valiant
- nerved
- emboldened
- swashbuckling
- impetuous
- nervy
- foolish
- heroical
- spirited
- madcap
- brash
- heedless
- headlong
- free-swinging
- plucky
- valorous
- wild
- intrepid
- daredevil
- hotheaded
- foolhardy
- imprudent
- spunky
- dauntless
- silly
- stalwart
- rash
- stupid
- lionhearted
- unafraid
- undaunted
- thoughtless
- incautious
- mad
- overconfident
- dumb
- hasty
- lunatic
- stouthearted
- stout
- overbold
- precipitate
- gritty
- scatterbrained
- unnecessary
- crazy
- nutty
- insane
- wacky
- brainless
- witless
- idiotic
- absurd
- harebrained
- whacky
- gadarene
- irrational
- balmy
- unreasonable
- moronic
- asinine
- half-witted
- greathearted
- idiotical
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- timid
- cowardly
- shy
- careful
- cautious
- timorous
- wary
- craven
- coward
- milky
- unadventurous
- prudent
- pusillanimous
- startled
- afraid
- frightened
- fearful
- heedful
- sound
- poltroon
- scared
- alarmed
- overcautious
- terrified
- unenterprising
- cool
- sensible
- spooked
- calm
- wise
- affrighted
- rational
- reasonable
- sane
- lily-livered
- shocked
- chickenhearted
- unnerved
- levelheaded
- sage
- horrified
- milk-livered
- overcareful
- fainthearted
- upset
- worried
- concerned
- terrorized
- dismayed
- appalled
dashing
2 of 2verb
1
as in trotting
to go at a pace faster than a walk one sprinter dashed to the finish line in record-breaking time Synonyms & Similar Words
- trotting
- jogging
- running
- hurrying
- galloping
- sprinting
- rushing
- scampering
- leaping
- racing
- speeding
- skipping
- tripping
- scurrying
- zipping
- scooting
- bounding
- hustling
- springing
- loping
- scuttling
- blazing
- tearing
- whirling
- hurtling
- bustling
- hying
- haring
- bowling
- careening
- hurling
- blowing
- blasting
- cantering
- buzzing
- shagging
- whisking
- barreling
- ripping
- zooming
- rustling
- pelting
- ramming
- rocketing
- humping
- coursing
- hastening
- bolting
- breezing
- jetting
- pattering
- belting
- shooting
- hieing
- cannonballing
- nipping
- barrelling
- bombing
- hotfooting (it)
- legging (it)
- stepping (along)
- footing (it)
- hoofing (it)
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- strolling
- sauntering
- ambling
- shuffling
- dragging
- shambling
- lingering
- poking
- crawling
- creeping
- dawdling
- lagging
- loitering
- trudging
- plodding
- dallying
- lumbering
- tarrying
- limping
- hobbling
- dillydallying
2
as in hurrying
to proceed or move quickly we dashed about in a panic, trying to get everything organized before the guests were scheduled to arrive Synonyms & Similar Words
- hurrying
- scurrying
- rushing
- flying
- trotting
- racing
- speeding
- zipping
- traveling
- driving
- chasing
- jumping
- darting
- running
- travelling
- scooting
- buzzing
- blowing
- stepping
- scuttling
- tearing
- whirling
- blasting
- blazing
- ripping
- zooming
- bowling
- ramming
- careering
- hustling
- jogging
- hurling
- hurtling
- breezing
- bolting
- bustling
- hying
- careening
- rustling
- haring
- galloping
- shooting
- barreling
- whisking
- pelting
- motoring
- nipping
- rocketing
- humping
- coursing
- hastening
- bundling
- jetting
- scampering
- cannonballing
- flitting
- hieing
- belting
- barrelling
- whizzing
- highballing
- sprinting
- scudding
- beating it
- scuffling
- stampeding
- streaking
- bombing
- beetling
- stepping on it
- shaking a leg
- making tracks
- accelerating
- getting a move on
- cracking (on)
- outrunning
- hotfooting (it)
- arrowing
- overtaking
- quickening
- outstripping
- stepping out
- outpacing
- beelining
- catching up
- fast-forwarding
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- creeping
- crawling
- poking
- dragging
- lingering
- hanging (around or out)
- strolling
- poking
- sauntering
- lagging
- dawdling
- loitering
- shuffling
- ambling
- dallying
- plodding
- lumbering
- tarrying
- decelerating
- slowing (down or up)
- dillydallying
3
as in throwing
to send through the air especially with a quick forward motion of the arm she dashed water in his face in an attempt to wake him up Synonyms & Similar Words
- throwing
- tossing
- hurling
- flinging
- slinging
- firing
- darting
- launching
- hurtling
- heaving
- bowling
- chucking
- casting
- pelting
- catapulting
- lobbing
- lofting
- gunning
- flipping
- pegging
- pitching
- rolling
- thrusting
- propelling
- letting fly
- passing
- hooking
- projecting
- precipitating
- shooting
- bucking
- ejecting
- impelling
- rifling
4
as in splashing
to wet or soil by striking with something liquid or mushy our clothes were dashed with the mud of passing cars Synonyms & Similar Words
- splashing
- splattering
- spattering
- soaking
- plashing
- bathing
- drowning
- washing
- saturating
- bespattering
- sprinkling
- drenching
- spraying
- impregnating
- sopping
- sousing
- watering
- slopping
- steeping
- squirting
- slushing
- dousing
- dowsing
5
as in sprinkling
to cause (something liquid or mushy) to move along in sheets a sudden jolt dashed the hot coffee onto the driver's lap Synonyms & Similar Words
- splashing
- sprinkling
- slopping
- spattering
- swashing
- sloshing
- spraying
- lapping
- plashing
- dabbling
- washing
- squirting
- spritzing
6
as in troubling
to make sad she's always dashed by the failure of her matchmaking efforts Synonyms & Similar Words
- troubling
- depressing
- worrying
- burdening
- dejecting
- weighing down
- saddening
- oppressing
- tormenting
- distressing
- bothering
- ailing
- concerning
- getting down
- torturing
- unsettling
- unnerving
- discouraging
- afflicting
- disturbing
- perturbing
- disquieting
- daunting
- bumming (out)
- dispiriting
- upsetting
- agitating
- dismaying
- discomforting
- discomposing
- disheartening
- unhinging
- demoralizing
- undoing
- exercising
- freaking (out)
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- lightening
- exciting
- rejoicing
- brightening
- invigorating
- assuring
- enlivening
- comforting
- consoling
- reassuring
- soothing
- animating
- stimulating
- inspiring
- buoying
- exhilarating
- gladdening
- encouraging
- solacing
- pleasing
- gratifying
- lifting
- delighting
- elevating
- cheering (up)
- boosting
- uplifting
- elating
- heartening