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dashing
adjective
1 dashing
Lively and spirited:
— A dashing hero.
synonym: gallant.
Roget 861:
courageous,
brave;
valiant,
valorous;
gallant,
intrepid;
spirited,
spiritful†;
high-spirited,
high-mettled†;
mettlesome,
plucky;
manly,
manful;
resolute;
stout,
stout-hearted;
iron-hearted,
lion-hearted;
heart of oak;
Penthesilean.
bold,
bold-spirited;
daring,
audacious;
fearless,
dauntless,
dreadless†,
aweless;
undaunted,
unappalled,
undismayed,
unawed,
unblanched,
unabashed,
unalarmed,
unflinching,
unshrinking†,
unblanching†,
unapprehensive;
confident,
self-reliant;
bold as a lion,
bold as brass.
enterprising,
adventurous;
venturous,
venturesome;
dashing,
chivalrous;
soldierly
etc.
(warlike)
722;
heroic.
fierce,
savage;
pugnacious
etc.
(bellicose)
720.
strong-minded,
hardy,
doughty;
firm
etc.
(stable)
150;
determined
etc.
(resolved)
604;
dogged,
indomitable
etc.
(persevering)
604.1.
up to,
up to the scratch;
upon one's mettle;
reassured
etc.
v.;
unfeared†,
undreaded†.
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2 dashing
Marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners.
synonyms: dapper, jaunty, natty, raffish, rakish, snappy, spiffy, spruce.
Roget 852:
fashionable;
in fashion
etc.
n.;
a la mode,
comme il faut [Fr.];
admitted in society,
admissible in society
etc.
n.;
presentable;
conventional
etc.
(customary)
613;
genteel;
well-bred,
well mannered,
well behaved,
well spoken;
gentlemanlike†,
gentlemanly;
ladylike;
civil,
polite
etc.
(courteous)
894.
polished,
refined,
thoroughbred,
courtly;
distingue [Fr.];
unembarrassed,
degage [Fr.];
janty†,
jaunty;
dashing,
fast.
modish,
stylish,
chic,
trendy,
recherche;
newfangled
etc.
(unfamiliar)
83;
all the rage,
all the go†;
with it,
in,
faddish.
in court,
in full dress,
in evening dress;
en grande tenue [Fr.]
etc.
(ornament)
847.
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Roget 882:
ostentatious,
showy,
dashing,
pretentious;
janty†,
jaunty;
grand,
pompous,
palatial;
high-sounding;
turgid
etc.
(big-sounding)
577;
gairish†,
garish;
gaudy,
gaudy as a peacock,
gaudy as a butterfly,
gaudy as a tulip;
flaunting,
flashing,
flaming,
glittering;
gay
etc.
(ornate)
847.
splendid,
magnificent,
sumptuous.
theatrical,
dramatic,
spectacular;
ceremonial,
ritual.
solemn,
stately,
majestic,
formal,
stiff,
ceremonious,
punctilious,
starched.
dressed to kill,
dressed to the nines,
decjed out,
all decked out,
en granite tenue [Fr.],
in best bib and tucker,
in Sunday best,
endimanch_e,
chic.
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Moby thesaurus: agile, alert, animate, animated, brave, bravura, braw, breakneck, bright, chic, chichi, classy, clothes-conscious, cosmopolitan, dapper, daring, double-quick, dressed to advantage, dressed to kill, dressy, dynamic, eagle-winged, elegant, energetic, exclusive, exhibitionistic, expeditious, express, exquisite, fashionable, fast, flamboyant, flashing, flashy, flaunting, fleet, flying, frilly, frothy, gallant, galloping, gay, genteel, glittering, hair-trigger, hasty, headlong, hustling, impetuous, jaunty, jazzy, keen, light of heel, light-footed, lively, mercurial, modish, natty, neat, nifty, nimble, nimble-footed, nobby, ostentatious, peppy, posh, precipitate, pretentious, prompt, quick, quick as lightning, quick as thought, rakish, rapid, recherche, reckless, ritzy, rousing, running, sharp, showy, sleek, smart, smug, snappy, snazzy, soigne, soignee, sophisticated, spanking, speedy, spiffy, spirited, splashy, splurgy, sporty, spruce, style-conscious, stylish, swank, swanky, swell, swift, swish, trendy, tricksy, trig, trim, vigorous, vivacious, well-dressed, well-groomed, winged, with-it ... show more.
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