dauntless

From daunt +‎ -less.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈdɔːnt.ləs/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈdɔnt.ləs/
  • (cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /ˈdɑnt.ləs/

dauntless (comparative more dauntless, superlative most dauntless)

1. Invulnerable to fear or intimidation.

   Synonyms: daredevil, fearless

   Antonym: timid

   • 1855, Robert Browning, Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came, section XXXIV:

     [...] And yet / Dauntless the slug-horn to my lips I set, / And blew "Childe Roland to the Dark Tower came."

• undaunted (adjective)

• indominable

• adultness