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ɪnˈtrɛp ɪdin·trepid

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. audacious, brave, dauntless, fearless, hardy, intrepid, unfearingadjective

    invulnerable to fear or intimidation

    "audacious explorers"; "fearless reporters and photographers"; "intrepid pioneers"

Wiktionary

  1. intrepidadjective

    Fearless; bold; brave.

  2. Etymology: intrepidus, from in- + trepidus

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Intrepidadjective

    Fearless; daring; bold; brave.

    Etymology: intrepide, Fr. intrepidus, Latin.

    Argyle
    Calm and intrepid in the very throat
    Of sulphurous war, on Teniers dreadful field. James Thomson.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Intrepidadjective

    not trembling or shaking with fear; fearless; bold; brave; undaunted; courageous; as, an intrepid soldier; intrepid spirit

Wikidata

  1. Intrepid

    Intrepid is a 12-metre class yacht which won the America's Cup in 1967 and again in 1970.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Intrepid

    in-trep′id, adj. without trepidation or fear: undaunted: brave.—n. Intrepid′ity, firm, unshaken courage.—adv. Intrep′idly. [L. intrepidusin, not, trepidus, alarmed.]

Editors Contribution

  1. intrepid

    My father and mother were the very definition of intrepid.


    Submitted by anonymous on December 2, 2019  

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of intrepid in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of intrepid in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of intrepid in a Sentence

  1. Martin Tobias Lithner:

    Psychology can be described as the intrepid exploration of the abyss within the human psyche, where the shadows of consciousness intermingle with the radiant glow of self-awareness. In this vast inner expanse, the seeker delves into the chasms of unconscious motivations and the labyrinthine corridors of memory, charting a course through the intricacies of emotion and cognition.

  2. Malcolm Turnbull:

    I have great confidence in our alliance, it is the bedrock of our national security. It was reinforced, yet again, when President Trump and I met on the Intrepid in New York just a few days ago.

  3. Winston Churchill:

    Why you may take the most gallant sailor, the most intrepid airman, and th most audacious soldier, put them at a table together-and what do you get? The sum of their fears.

  4. A. A. Hodge:

    It is easier to find a score of men wise enough to discover the truth than to find one intrepid enough, in the face of opposition, to stand up for it.

  5. Mark Updegrove:

    He had total faith in Lady Bird, luci and Lynda Bird Johnson, the Bird Johnson daughters, both traveled for parts, and there were wives of senators and congressmen who joined, Lady Bird's press secretary, also a woman -- it was not just an intrepid and heroic act, it was all conducted by women at a time when women were as marginalized as people of color, who had been oppressed throughout The South.

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