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courage
cour·age C0696000 (kûr′ĭj, kŭr′-)n. The state or quality of mind or spirit that enables one to face danger, fear, or vicissitudes with self-possession, confidence, and resolution; bravery.
[Middle English corage, from Old French, from Vulgar Latin *corāticum, from Latin cor, heart; see kerd- in Indo-European roots.]courage (ˈkʌrɪdʒ) n1. the power or quality of dealing with or facing danger, fear, pain, etc2. the courage of one's convictions the confidence to act in accordance with one's beliefs3. take one's courage in both hands to nerve oneself to perform an action4. obsolete mind; disposition; spirit[C13: from Old French corage, from cuer heart, from Latin cor]cour•age (ˈkɜr ɪdʒ, ˈkʌr-)
n. the quality of mind or spirit that enables a person to face difficulty, danger, pain, etc., without fear; bravery. [1250–1300; Middle English corage < Old French, derivative of cuer heart < Latin cor] Courage
heroism1. the state or condition of being a hero.
2. behavior typical of a hero. — heroic, adj.potvaliancy, potvalor, potvalencycourage or bravery occasioned by drunkenness; Dutch courage. — potvaliant, adj.valiancybravery or courage. Also valience.Courage - Adventurous as a bee —William Wordsworth
- As brave as hell —Petronius
- As much backbone as an eel —American colloquialism
- As much backbone as cooked spaghetti —Harry Prince
- (There was) a tragic daring about her, like a moth dancing around a flame —Paige Mitchell
- (He died) bold as brass —George Parker
Common usage has seeded modern-day modifications such as “Bold as brass balls.” - Bold as a dying saint —Elkanah Settle
- Bold as a lion —The Holy Bible/Proverbs
- Bold as an unhunted fawn —Percy Bysshe Shelley
- Bold as love —Edmond Gosse
- Bold as Paul in the presence of Agrippa —William Cowper
- Brave as a barrel full of bears —Ogden Nash
- Brave as a tiger in a rage —Ogden Nash
- Brave as winds that brave the sea —Algernon Charles Swinburne
- Courage is like a disobedient dog, once it starts running away it flies all the faster for your attempts to recall it —Katherine Mansfield
- Courage is like love; it must have hope to nourish it —Napoleon Bonaparte
- Courage, like cowardice, is undoubtedly contagious, but some persons are not liable to catch it —Archibald Prentice
- Courage, on nearly all occasions, inflicts as much of evil as it imparts of good —Walter Savage Landor
- Courageous as a poker player with a royal flush —Mike Sommer
- Courageous like firemen. The bell rings and they jump into their boots and go down the pole —Anon
- Daring as tickling a tiger —Anon
- Fend off pressure like a sharkhunter feeds off danger —Anon
- Gallant as a warrior —Beryl Markham
- Grew bold, like a general who is about to order an assault —Guy de Maupassant
- Have the gall of a shoplifter returning an item for a refund —W.I.E. Gates
- Indomitable as a lioness —Aharon Appelfeld
- A man without courage is like a knife without edge —Anon
- More guts than a gladiator —William Diehl
- Nothing so bold as a blind horse —Greek proverb
- Over-daring is as great a vice as over-fearing —Ben Jonson
- Show nerve of a burglar —Anon
- Stand my ground brave as a bear —American country ballad “If You Want to Go A-Courting”
- Valiant as a lion —William Shakespeare
This simile from Henry the Fourth has made lion comparisons part of our every day language. Another lion simile by the Bard is “Walked like one of the lions” from The Two Gentlemen of Verona. - With all the courage of an escaped convict —Honoré de Balzac
- Valiant as Hercules —William Shakespeare
- (I’ve seen plenty of great big tough guys that was as) yellow and soft as a stick of butter —George Garrett
Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  courage - a quality of spirit that enables you to face danger or pain without showing fearbraveness, bravery, courageousnessspirit - a fundamental emotional and activating principle determining one's charactermettle, nerve, spunk, heart - the courage to carry on; "he kept fighting on pure spunk"; "you haven't got the heart for baseball"gallantry, heroism, valiance, valiancy, valor, valorousness, valour - the qualities of a hero or heroine; exceptional or heroic courage when facing danger (especially in battle); "he showed great heroism in battle"; "he received a medal for valor"dauntlessness, intrepidity - resolute courageousnessDutch courage - courage resulting from intoxicationstoutheartedness - the trait of having a courageous spiritfearlessness - the trait of feeling no fearfortitude - strength of mind that enables one to endure adversity with couragecowardice, cowardliness - the trait of lacking courage |
couragenoun bravery, nerve, fortitude, boldness, balls (taboo slang), bottle (Brit. slang), resolution, daring, guts (informal), pluck, grit, heroism, mettle, firmness, gallantry, valour, spunk (informal), fearlessness, intrepidity, hardihood They do not have the courage to apologise for their actions.
fear, cowardice, timidity, faint-heartedness, cravennessQuotations
"No one can answer for his courage when he has never been in danger" [Duc de la Rochefoucauld Maxims]
"Sometimes even to live is an act of courage" [Seneca Letters to Lucilius]
"Courage is not simply one of the virtues but the form of every virtue at the testing point" [C.S. Lewis]
"Screw your courage to the sticking place" [William Shakespeare Macbeth]
"As to moral courage, I have very rarely met with two o'clock in the morning courage: I mean instantaneous courage" [Napoleon Bonaparte]couragenounThe quality of mind enabling one to face danger or hardship resolutely:braveness, bravery, courageousness, dauntlessness, doughtiness, fearlessness, fortitude, gallantry, gameness, heart, intrepidity, intrepidness, mettle, nerve, pluck, pluckiness, spirit, stoutheartedness, undauntedness, valiance, valiancy, valiantness, valor.Informal: spunk, spunkiness.Slang: gut (used in plural), gutsiness, moxie.Translationscourage (ˈkaridʒ) , ((American) ˈkə:-) noun the quality that makes a person able to meet dangers without fear; bravery. It took courage to sail the Atlantic singlehanded. 勇氣 勇气courageous (kəˈreidʒəs) adjective having courage. a courageous soldier. 勇敢的 勇敢的couˈrageously adverb 勇敢地 无畏地courage
See:- courage of (one's) convictions
- courage of one's convictions, have the
- courage of one's convictions, to have the
- Dutch courage
- geneva courage
- get enough courage up
- get enough courage up (to do something)
- get enough nerve up
- get the courage up
- get the courage up (to do something)
- have the courage of (one's) convictions
- have the courage of convictions
- have the courage of your convictions
- have/lack the courage of your convictions
- lack the courage of (one's) convictions
- liquid courage
- pluck up (one's) courage
- pluck up courage
- pluck up one's courage
- pluck up the courage to (do something)
- pluck/screw/summon up courage
- screw (one's) courage to the sticking place
- screw up (one's) courage
- screw up (one's) courage to the sticking place
- screw up courage
- screw up the courage to (do something)
- screw up your courage
- summon up (one's) courage
- summon up the courage to (do something)
- take (one's) courage in both hands
- take your courage in both hands
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courage
Synonyms for couragenoun braverySynonyms- bravery
- nerve
- fortitude
- boldness
- balls
- bottle
- resolution
- daring
- guts
- pluck
- grit
- heroism
- mettle
- firmness
- gallantry
- valour
- spunk
- fearlessness
- intrepidity
- hardihood
Antonyms- fear
- cowardice
- timidity
- faint-heartedness
- cravenness
Synonyms for couragenoun the quality of mind enabling one to face danger or hardship resolutelySynonyms- braveness
- bravery
- courageousness
- dauntlessness
- doughtiness
- fearlessness
- fortitude
- gallantry
- gameness
- heart
- intrepidity
- intrepidness
- mettle
- nerve
- pluck
- pluckiness
- spirit
- stoutheartedness
- undauntedness
- valiance
- valiancy
- valiantness
- valor
- spunk
- spunkiness
- gut
- gutsiness
- moxie
Synonyms for couragenoun a quality of spirit that enables you to face danger or pain without showing fearSynonyms- braveness
- bravery
- courageousness
Related Words- spirit
- mettle
- nerve
- spunk
- heart
- gallantry
- heroism
- valiance
- valiancy
- valor
- valorousness
- valour
- dauntlessness
- intrepidity
- Dutch courage
- stoutheartedness
- fearlessness
- fortitude
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