fearless
part of speech
adjective (fearless, more fearless, most fearless)
meaning for a pupil
1) Not afraid of anything; very brave. tree →
2) Ready to face danger or say difficult things without hesitating. tree →
sense in the lessons
A praising word for heroes, explorers, rescuers and animals. In stories a fearless character faces danger, but stories also show that being fearless is different from being careless; real courage is being afraid and doing the right thing anyway.
examples
- Upon earth there is not his like, who is made to be fearless. (Writings JOB.41.25, JPS 1917) tree →
- The fearless firefighter ran into the burning house. tree →
- Our cat is fearless and chases dogs. tree →
- Badger was fearless in the Wild Wood. tree →
- The fearless explorer crossed the ice. tree →
- She was fearless on the climbing wall. tree →
- Being brave doesn't mean being fearless; it means doing it even when you're scared. tree →
- The fearless little bird defended its nest. tree →
- But the Bodhisatta, having confidence in himself, went straight on, fearless as a maned lion. tree →
note
Adjective: fear + -less (without fear). Adverb: fearlessly; noun: fearlessness. Opposite: fearful, timid. Safety trap: «fearless» is not the same as «reckless» — doing dangerous things without thinking is not brave.
In the corpora
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «fearless» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.