dares
Goads into action
Dares is the third-person singular of dare, meaning to have the courage or audacity to do something: She dares to speak truth to power.
It also means to challenge someone: He dares you to prove him wrong.
The noun dare is a challenge to do something risky or embarrassing, familiar from children's games of truth or dare.
Brazen, reckless daring
- courageFortitude facing danger
- fearlessnessComplete lack of dread
- braveryBoldness before danger
- nerveSignal-carrying body fiber
guts · pluck · mettle · backbone · moxie · chutzpah · gall · brazenness
Children's outdoor recreation space
- schoolyardOutdoor area at school
- sleepoverOvernight visit with friends
- teenageOf youth, 13-19
- adolescentPerson in puberty
mischief · prank · troublemaking · rebellion · showing-off · impulsive · immature · reckless
Insulting provocation
- goadIncite to action
- challengeTest of ability
- incitementProvoking unlawful behavior
- goadingInciting through persistent pressure
needling · prodding · baiting · teasing · ribbing · pushing · spurring · coaxing
audacity
Brazen, reckless daring
- courageFortitude facing danger
- fearlessnessComplete lack of dread
- braveryBoldness before danger
nerve · guts · pluck · mettle · backbone · moxie · chutzpah · gall · brazenness · temerity
playground
Children's outdoor recreation space
- schoolyardOutdoor area at school
- sleepoverOvernight visit with friends
- teenageOf youth, 13-19
adolescent · mischief · prank · troublemaking · rebellion · showing-off · impulsive · immature · reckless · silly
taunt
Insulting provocation
- goadIncite to action
- challengeTest of ability
- incitementProvoking unlawful behavior
goading · needling · prodding · baiting · teasing · ribbing · pushing · spurring · coaxing · manipulation
stunt
Dangerous feat for spectacle
contest · competition · wager · bet · gambit · showdown · face-off · standoff · gauntlet · ultimatum
hazard
Source of potential harm
chance · jeopardy · recklessness · consequences · injury · stupidity · viral · fail · injury · hospital
- provocationbaiting, goading, taunting, incitement, instigation
- risky behaviorreckless driving, drunk driving, speeding, drug abuse, binge drinking
- peer pressureconformity, fitting in, popularity, drinking, smoking
- anticshijinks, shenanigans, pranks, mischief, tomfoolery
- manipulation tacticsgaslighting, guilt trip, guilt-tripping, guilt tripping, emotional blackmail
- recess gamestag, hopscotch, jump rope, hide and seek, duck duck goose
daresfears
Feelings of dread
cowers · hesitates · shrinks · retreats · shies away
daresdiscourages
Lessens motivation to act
dissuades · cautions · compliments · soothes · placates
- how dare youRebuke expressing shocked offense
- I dare youGoading provocation phrase
- triple dog dareHighest level schoolyard provocation
- truth or dareChoose confession or challenge
- don't you dare
- double daresIntensified mutual challenges
daring, dare, dared, daredevil, daringly, daringness, daredevilry, daredeviltry