braving
Standing against danger
Braving is facing something dangerous or unpleasant with courage: braving the elements, braving the crowds.
The word implies willful exposure to difficulty—you brave a storm by going out into it, not by waiting it out.
She's braving the cold to watch the parade.
Low temperature state
- stormSevere atmospheric disturbance
- weatherAtmospheric state outdoors
- windAir current outdoors
- rainWater dropping from clouds
snow · heat · wilderness · exposure · conditions · danger · hardship · adversity
Directed toward something
- challengingHard to accomplish
- defyingActively refusing obedience
- opposingStanding against something
- encounteringComing upon unexpectedly
tackling · weathering · withstanding · meeting · enduring · resisting · confronting · daring
Complete lack of dread
- valorCourage in danger
- boldnessFearless readiness to act
- daringAdventurous courage
- audacityBrazen, reckless daring
intrepidity · gallantry · fortitude · pluck · mettle · guts · nerve · spunk
Courageously determined
- gallantCourageously attentive and refined
- nobleTitled or virtuous
- undauntedCourageously persistent despite difficulty
- lionheartedExceptionally brave and bold
stalwart · intrepid · fearless · courageous · bold · epic · legendary · chivalrous
cold
Low temperature state
rain · snow · heat · wilderness · exposure · conditions · danger · hardship · adversity · risk
facing
Directed toward something
- challengingHard to accomplish
- defyingActively refusing obedience
- opposingStanding against something
encountering · tackling · weathering · withstanding · meeting · enduring · resisting · confronting · daring · battling
fearlessness
Complete lack of dread
audacity · intrepidity · gallantry · fortitude · pluck · mettle · guts · nerve · spunk · dauntlessness
valiant
Courageously determined
- gallantCourageously attentive and refined
- nobleTitled or virtuous
- undauntedCourageously persistent despite difficulty
lionhearted · stalwart · intrepid · fearless · courageous · bold · epic · legendary · chivalrous · triumphant
- handlingdealing with, handling, managing, coping, addressing
- standing upstanding up, standing ground, speaking out, speaking truth, fighting back
bravingfleeing
Rapid escape from danger
cowering · fearing · quailing · flinching · retreating
bravingavoiding
Deliberately staying clear
evading · skipping · dodging · sidestepping · escaping
bravingsuccumbing
Ceasing to resist
surrendering · submitting · yielding · capitulating · giving in
brave, bravery, bravo, bravado, bravest, braved, braver, braves