Courageous Definition & Meaning
courageous
- adjective
- 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"
"Courageous" in song lyrics
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"Every now and then a suckah MC gets courageous"
Celph Titled — Never the Least -
"Every-Every now and then a suckah MC get's courageous"
Celph Titled — Never the Least -
"Shut up! already.. the beats came out so downright courageous"
George Clinton — Dis Beat Disrupts
Words that rhyme with courageous
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- What does courageous mean?
- 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"
- What part of speech is courageous?
- Courageous is an adjective.