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cour·age
(kûr′ĭj, kŭr′-)n.
The state or quality of mind or spirit that enables one to face danger, fear, or vicissitudes with self-possession, confidence, and resolution; bravery.
[Middle English corage, from Old French, from Vulgar Latin *corāticum, from Latin cor, heart; see kerd- in Indo-European roots.]
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courage
(ˈkʌrɪdʒ)n
1. the power or quality of dealing with or facing danger, fear, pain, etc
2. the courage of one's convictions the confidence to act in accordance with one's beliefs
3. take one's courage in both hands to nerve oneself to perform an action
4. obsolete mind; disposition; spirit
[C13: from Old French corage, from cuer heart, from Latin cor]
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cour•age
(ˈkɜr ɪdʒ, ˈkʌr-)n.
the quality of mind or spirit that enables a person to face difficulty, danger, pain, etc., without fear; bravery.
[1250–1300; Middle English corage < Old French, derivative of cuer heart < Latin cor]
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Courage
1. the state or condition of being a hero.
2. behavior typical of a hero. — heroic, adj.
2. behavior typical of a hero. — heroic, adj.
courage or bravery occasioned by drunkenness; Dutch courage. — potvaliant, adj.
bravery or courage. Also valience.
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Courage
- Adventurous as a bee —William Wordsworth
- As brave as hell —Petronius
- As much backbone as an eel —American colloquialism
- As much backbone as cooked spaghetti —Harry Prince
- (There was) a tragic daring about her, like a moth dancing around a flame —Paige Mitchell
- (He died) bold as brass —George Parker
Common usage has seeded modern-day modifications such as “Bold as brass balls.”
- Bold as a dying saint —Elkanah Settle
- Bold as a lion —The Holy Bible/Proverbs
- Bold as an unhunted fawn —Percy Bysshe Shelley
- Bold as love —Edmond Gosse
- Bold as Paul in the presence of Agrippa —William Cowper
- Brave as a barrel full of bears —Ogden Nash
- Brave as a tiger in a rage —Ogden Nash
- Brave as winds that brave the sea —Algernon Charles Swinburne
- Courage is like a disobedient dog, once it starts running away it flies all the faster for your attempts to recall it —Katherine Mansfield
- Courage is like love; it must have hope to nourish it —Napoleon Bonaparte
- Courage, like cowardice, is undoubtedly contagious, but some persons are not liable to catch it —Archibald Prentice
- Courage, on nearly all occasions, inflicts as much of evil as it imparts of good —Walter Savage Landor
- Courageous as a poker player with a royal flush —Mike Sommer
- Courageous like firemen. The bell rings and they jump into their boots and go down the pole —Anon
- Daring as tickling a tiger —Anon
- Fend off pressure like a sharkhunter feeds off danger —Anon
- Gallant as a warrior —Beryl Markham
- Grew bold, like a general who is about to order an assault —Guy de Maupassant
- Have the gall of a shoplifter returning an item for a refund —W.I.E. Gates
- Indomitable as a lioness —Aharon Appelfeld
- A man without courage is like a knife without edge —Anon
- More guts than a gladiator —William Diehl
- Nothing so bold as a blind horse —Greek proverb
- Over-daring is as great a vice as over-fearing —Ben Jonson
- Show nerve of a burglar —Anon
- Stand my ground brave as a bear —American country ballad “If You Want to Go A-Courting”
- Valiant as a lion —William Shakespeare
This simile from Henry the Fourth has made lion comparisons part of our every day language. Another lion simile by the Bard is “Walked like one of the lions” from The Two Gentlemen of Verona.
- With all the courage of an escaped convict —Honoré de Balzac
- Valiant as Hercules —William Shakespeare
- (I’ve seen plenty of great big tough guys that was as) yellow and soft as a stick of butter —George Garrett
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Noun | 1. | courage - a quality of spirit that enables you to face danger or pain without showing fear spirit - a fundamental emotional and activating principle determining one's character mettle, nerve, spunk, heart - the courage to carry on; "he kept fighting on pure spunk"; "you haven't got the heart for baseball" gallantry, heroism, valiance, valiancy, valor, valorousness, valour - the qualities of a hero or heroine; exceptional or heroic courage when facing danger (especially in battle); "he showed great heroism in battle"; "he received a medal for valor" dauntlessness, intrepidity - resolute courageousness Dutch courage - courage resulting from intoxication stoutheartedness - the trait of having a courageous spirit fearlessness - the trait of feeling no fear fortitude - strength of mind that enables one to endure adversity with courage cowardice, cowardliness - the trait of lacking courage |
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courage
noun bravery, nerve, fortitude, boldness, balls (taboo slang), bottle (Brit. slang), resolution, daring, guts (informal), pluck, grit, heroism, mettle, firmness, gallantry, valour, spunk (informal), fearlessness, intrepidity, hardihood They do not have the courage to apologise for their actions.
fear, cowardice, timidity, faint-heartedness, cravenness
fear, cowardice, timidity, faint-heartedness, cravenness
Quotations
"No one can answer for his courage when he has never been in danger" [Duc de la Rochefoucauld Maxims]
"Sometimes even to live is an act of courage" [Seneca Letters to Lucilius]
"Courage is not simply one of the virtues but the form of every virtue at the testing point" [C.S. Lewis]
"Screw your courage to the sticking place" [William Shakespeare Macbeth]
"As to moral courage, I have very rarely met with two o'clock in the morning courage: I mean instantaneous courage" [Napoleon Bonaparte]
"No one can answer for his courage when he has never been in danger" [Duc de la Rochefoucauld Maxims]
"Sometimes even to live is an act of courage" [Seneca Letters to Lucilius]
"Courage is not simply one of the virtues but the form of every virtue at the testing point" [C.S. Lewis]
"Screw your courage to the sticking place" [William Shakespeare Macbeth]
"As to moral courage, I have very rarely met with two o'clock in the morning courage: I mean instantaneous courage" [Napoleon Bonaparte]
Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002
courage
nounThe quality of mind enabling one to face danger or hardship resolutely:
braveness, bravery, courageousness, dauntlessness, doughtiness, fearlessness, fortitude, gallantry, gameness, heart, intrepidity, intrepidness, mettle, nerve, pluck, pluckiness, spirit, stoutheartedness, undauntedness, valiance, valiancy, valiantness, valor.
Informal: spunk, spunkiness.
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Translations
إِقْدَامشَجاعَـه
odvaha
mod
kuraĝo
rohkeusurheusurhoollisuus
hrabrost
bátorság
hugrekki
勇気
용기
animusfortitudovirtus
drosmedrošsirdība
pogum
mod
ความกล้าหาญ
sự can đảm
courage
[ˈkʌrɪdʒ] N → valor m, valentía fcourage! → ¡ánimo!
I haven't the courage to refuse → no tengo valor para negarme
to have the courage of one's convictions → obrar de acuerdo con su conciencia
to pluck up one's courage; take one's courage in both hands → armarse de valor
to take courage from → cobrar ánimos or sacar fuerzas de
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
courage
[ˈkʌrɪdʒ] n → courage mto have the courage of one's convictions → avoir le courage de ses opinions
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
courage
n → Mut m, → Courage f (inf); I haven’t the courage to refuse → ich habe einfach nicht den Mut, nein or Nein zu sagen; take courage! (liter) → nur Mut!; to take courage from something → sich durch etw ermutigt fühlen; to lose one’s courage → den Mut verlieren; to have/lack the courage of one’s convictions → Zivilcourage/keine Zivilcourage haben; to take one’s courage in both hands → sein Herz in beide Hände nehmen
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
courage
[ˈkʌrɪdʒ] n → coraggioI haven't the courage to refuse → non ho il coraggio di rifiutare
to have the courage of one's convictions → avere il coraggio delle proprie opinioni or convinzioni
to take one's courage in both hands → prendere il coraggio a due mani
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
courage
(ˈkaridʒ) , ((American) ˈkə:-) noun the quality that makes a person able to meet dangers without fear; bravery. It took courage to sail the Atlantic singlehanded.
courageous (kəˈreidʒəs) adjective having courage. a courageous soldier.
couˈrageously adverbKernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
courage
→ إِقْدَام odvaha mod Mut θάρρος coraje rohkeus courage hrabrost coraggio 勇気 용기 moed mot odwaga coragem отвага mod ความกล้าหาญ cesaret sự can đảm 勇气Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
courage
n. coraje, valor, valentía, firmeza.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
courage
n valor m, coraje mEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.