courage

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.

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[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

heroism

1. the state or condition of being a hero.
2. behavior typical of a hero. — heroic, adj.

potvaliancy, potvalor, potvalency

courage or bravery occasioned by drunkenness; Dutch courage. — potvaliant, adj.

valiancy

bravery or courage. Also valience.

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Courage

 

1. Adventurous as a bee —William Wordsworth
2. As brave as hell —Petronius
3. As much backbone as an eel —American colloquialism
4. As much backbone as cooked spaghetti —Harry Prince
5. (There was) a tragic daring about her, like a moth dancing around a flame —Paige Mitchell
6. (He died) bold as brass —George Parker

   Common usage has seeded modern-day modifications such as “Bold as brass balls.”

7. Bold as a dying saint —Elkanah Settle
8. Bold as a lion —The Holy Bible/Proverbs
9. Bold as an unhunted fawn —Percy Bysshe Shelley
10. Bold as love —Edmond Gosse
11. Bold as Paul in the presence of Agrippa —William Cowper
12. Brave as a barrel full of bears —Ogden Nash
13. Brave as a tiger in a rage —Ogden Nash
14. Brave as winds that brave the sea —Algernon Charles Swinburne
15. Courage is like a disobedient dog, once it starts running away it flies all the faster for your attempts to recall it —Katherine Mansfield
16. Courage is like love; it must have hope to nourish it —Napoleon Bonaparte
17. Courage, like cowardice, is undoubtedly contagious, but some persons are not liable to catch it —Archibald Prentice
18. Courage, on nearly all occasions, inflicts as much of evil as it imparts of good —Walter Savage Landor
19. Courageous as a poker player with a royal flush —Mike Sommer
20. Courageous like firemen. The bell rings and they jump into their boots and go down the pole —Anon
21. Daring as tickling a tiger —Anon
22. Fend off pressure like a sharkhunter feeds off danger —Anon
23. Gallant as a warrior —Beryl Markham
24. Grew bold, like a general who is about to order an assault —Guy de Maupassant
25. Have the gall of a shoplifter returning an item for a refund —W.I.E. Gates
26. Indomitable as a lioness —Aharon Appelfeld
27. A man without courage is like a knife without edge —Anon
28. More guts than a gladiator —William Diehl
29. Nothing so bold as a blind horse —Greek proverb
30. Over-daring is as great a vice as over-fearing —Ben Jonson
31. Show nerve of a burglar —Anon
32. Stand my ground brave as a bear —American country ballad “If You Want to Go A-Courting”
33. 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.

34. With all the courage of an escaped convict —Honoré de Balzac
35. Valiant as Hercules —William Shakespeare
36. (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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Thesaurus

Noun

1.

courage - a quality of spirit that enables you to face danger or pain without showing fear braveness, bravery, courageousness 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

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]

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

courage

noun

The 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.

Slang: gut (used in plural), gutsiness, moxie.

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Translations

إِقْدَامشَجاعَـه

odvaha

mod

MutSchneidTapferkeitCourage

θάρροςκουράγιο

kuraĝo

corajevaloragallaagallasaliento

rohkeusurheusurhoollisuus

courageabattagebravoure

hrabrost

bátorság

hugrekki

coraggiofarsi coraggiofibra

勇気

용기

animusfortitudovirtus

drosmedrošsirdība

moed

mot

odwaga

coragem

куражмужествоотвагасмелость

pogum

mod

ความกล้าหาญ

cesaret

sự can đảm

勇气

courage

[ˈkʌrɪdʒ] N → valor m, valentía f
courage! → ¡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 m
to 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 → coraggio
I 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. moed شَجاعَـه смелост coragem odvaha der Mut mod θάρροςvalor, valentía, coraje julgus جرأت؛ شجاعت urheus courage אמץ, אומץ साहस hrabrost bátorság keberanian hugrekki coraggio 勇気 용기 drąsa drosme; drošsirdība keberanian moedmotodwaga زړورتیا، شجاعت coragem curaj храбрость odvaha pogum hrabrost mod, tapperhet, kurage ความกล้าหาญ cesaret 勇氣 відвага, хоробрість همت، بهادرى، دلاورى dũng cảm 勇气

courageous (kəˈreidʒəs) adjective

having courage. a courageous soldier. dapper شُجاع смел corajoso odvážný mutig modig θαρραλέοςvaliente julge دلیر؛ پرجرأت urhea courageuxאמיץ साहसी hrabar bátor berani hugrakkur coraggioso 勇敢な 용기 있는 drąsus drosmīgs; drošsirdīgs bersifat berani moedigmodigodważny زړور، با جرت corajoso curajos храбрый odvážny pogumen hrabar modig, tapper กล้าหาญ cesur 勇敢的 хоробрий, відважний باهمت، بهادر، جرأت مند can đảm 勇敢的

couˈrageously adverb

moedig, dapper بِشَجاعَـه смело corajosamente odvážně mutig modigt θαρραλέαvalientemente julgesti با شجاعت urheasti courageusement בְּצוּרָה אָמִיצָה साहसपूर्वक hrabro bátran dengan berani djarflega coraggiosamente 勇ましく 용기 있게 drąsiai drosmīgi; drošsirdīgi dengan berani moedigmodig, djervt odważnie زړور، شجاع corajosamente curajos храбро odvážne pogumno hrabro modigt, tappert อย่างกล้าหาญ cesaretle 勇敢地 мужньо, відважно همت س‍ے، جرأت س‍ے một cách can đảm 无畏地

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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

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courage

n. coraje, valor, valentía, firmeza.

English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012

courage

n valor m, coraje m

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