Dared

//dɛəd// verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

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Verb
  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of dare form-of, participle, past

    "Slumped way down in a chair, with both his feet. / Against the stove, the hottest day that summer. / He looked so clean disgusted from behind / There was no one that dared to stir him up , / Or let him know that he was being looked at . / Apparently I hadn't buried him ( I may have knocked him down ) ;[…]"

Synonyms

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defymake boldadventureaffrontaim toassume

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"There was a feeling of constraint in the room; no one dared to tell the king how foolish his decision was."

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