swashbucklingadjective [ before noun ]
uk/ˈswɒʃˌbʌk.lɪŋ/us/ˈswɑːʃˌbʌk.lɪŋ/behaving in a brave and exciting way, especially like a fighter in the past:
a swashbuckling hero/pirate
The players displayed a swashbuckling confidence.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Brave and courageous
- adventurous
- audacious
- ballsy
- be man enough to do sth idiom
- bite
- faint
- get sth up
- get your courage up idiom
- grasp the nettle idiom
- gritty
- gutsy
- have nerves of steel idiom
- knightly
- muster
- nerve
- pluck up your courage idiom
- plucky
- screw
- screw up your courage idiom
- spunky
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