courageous : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: courageous	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for courageous
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
courageous adj possessing or displaying courage; able to face and deal with danger or fear without flinching; "Familiarity with danger makes a brave man braver but less daring"- Herman Melville; "a frank courageous heart...triumphed over pain"- William Wordsworth; "set a courageous example by leading them safely into and out of enemy-held territory" Synonym(s): brave, courageous Antonym(s): cowardly, fearful
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Courageous \Coura"geous\ (k?r-?"j?s), a. [F. courageux.] Possessing, or characterized by, courage; brave; bold. With this victory, the women became most courageous* and proud, and the men waxed . . . fearful and desperate. --Stow. Syn: Gallant; brave; bold; daring; valiant; valorous; heroic; intrepid; fearless; hardy; stout; adventurous; enterprising. See {Gallant}.