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venturesome

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ven·ture·some  (vnchr-sm)
adj.
1. Disposed to venture or to take risks; daring. See Synonyms at adventurous.
2. Involving risk or danger; hazardous.
venture·some·ly adv.
venture·some·ness n.
venturesome [ˈvɛntʃəsəm], venturous [ˈvɛntʃərəs]
adj
1. willing to take risks; daring
2. hazardous
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.venturesomeventuresome - disposed to venture or take risks; "audacious visions of the total conquest of space"; "an audacious interpretation of two Jacobean dramas"; "the most daring of contemporary fiction writers"; "a venturesome investor"; "a venturous spirit"
daring, venturous, audacious
adventuresome, adventurous - willing to undertake or seeking out new and daring enterprises; "adventurous pioneers"; "the risks and gains of an adventuresome economy"
venturesome
adjective daring, enterprising, adventurous, spirited, bold, courageous, fearless, intrepid, plucky, doughty, daredevil a venturesome entrepreneur who was determined to succeed
Translations
venturesome [ˈventʃəsəm] ADJ [person] → atrevido, audaz; [enterprise] → arriesgado, azaroso
venturesome [ˈvɛntʃərsəm] adj (= adventurous) → aventureux/euse
venturesome
adj person, action → abenteuerlich


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Still, some means must be found to cross the Atlantic on a boat, unless by balloon--which would have been venturesome, besides not being capable of being put in practice.
Around The World In Eighty Days by Verne, Jules View in context
Nor did his misfortunes end with the voyage; for the ship was cast ashore on an island of the South Pacific, and it was six years afterward when the survivors were taken off by a venturesome trading schooner and brought back to San Francisco.
Can Such Things Be? by Bierce, Ambrose View in context
But he wanted money very badly; his clothes were worn out, and the heavy carpets rotted his socks and boots; he had almost persuaded himself to take the venturesome step when one morning, passing up from breakfast in the basement through the passage that led to the manager's office, he saw a queue of men waiting in answer to an advertisement.
Of Human Bondage by Maugham, W. Somerset View in context
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