daredeviltry
Audacious risk-taking behavior
Daredeviltry is reckless boldness or the performance of dangerous stunts.
The word captures both the attitude and the acts themselves—the willingness to take outrageous physical risks for thrills or spectacle: The crowd gasped at his daredeviltry on the high wire.
Also spelled daredevilry.
Source of potential harm
- perilSerious threat of harm
- dangerExposure to harm
- gambleStake on uncertain outcome
- jeopardyRisk of harm
recklessness · foolhardiness · chance · precariousness · vulnerability · exposure · menace · threat
Fearless readiness to act
- nerveSignal-carrying body fiber
- gallImpudent boldness or bitterness
- temerityReckless audacity
- chutzpahShameless, admirable audacity
effrontery · brazenness · fearlessness · recklessness · impudence · brashness · intrepidity · pluck
Emergency response hormone
- excitementState of eager enthusiasm
- exhilarationIntense joyful excitement
- rushQuick sudden movement
- heart-poundingCausing intense physical excitement
high-octane · edge · electrifying · white-knuckle · death-defying · breathtaking · nail-biting · spine-tingling
Courage in danger
- heroismExceptional courage under duress
- gallantryCourage, especially in combat
- fortitudeEnduring courage under pain
- braveryBoldness before danger
dauntlessness · mettle · grit · backbone · stoutheartedness · fearlessness · intrepidity · prowess
Skilled physical feats
- highwireElevated taut cable
- freefallUnimpeded downward motion
- trapezeSuspended acrobatic bar
- backflipRearward aerial tumble
somersault · skydiving · bungee · escapology · tightrope · fire-breathing · parachuting · skateboarding
hazard
Source of potential harm
jeopardy · recklessness · foolhardiness · chance · precariousness · vulnerability · exposure · menace · threat · uncertainty
boldness
Fearless readiness to act
chutzpah · effrontery · brazenness · fearlessness · recklessness · impudence · brashness · intrepidity · pluck · moxy
adrenaline
Emergency response hormone
- excitementState of eager enthusiasm
- exhilarationIntense joyful excitement
- rushQuick sudden movement
heart-pounding · high-octane · edge · electrifying · white-knuckle · death-defying · breathtaking · nail-biting · spine-tingling · hair-raising
valor
Courage in danger
- heroismExceptional courage under duress
- gallantryCourage, especially in combat
- fortitudeEnduring courage under pain
bravery · dauntlessness · mettle · grit · backbone · stoutheartedness · fearlessness · intrepidity · prowess · nerve
acrobatics
Skilled physical feats
backflip · somersault · skydiving · bungee · escapology · tightrope · fire-breathing · parachuting · skateboarding · parkour
daredeviltrycaution
Careful attention to risk
prudence · carefulness · wariness · circumspection · guardedness
daredeviltrytimidity
Fearful lack of courage
cowardice · fearfulness · timorousness · pusillanimity · faintheartedness
devil, daring, dare, dared, daredevil, dares, darer, daredevilry, darers