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dared

UK/dɛəd/US/dɛɹd/

A form of dare — To have enough courage (to do something).

Less commonScrabble 7

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Meanings

verb

participlepastsimple past and past participle of dare
1 more example
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 ) ;[…]
2012 March 2, Robert Frost, A Boy's Will and North of Boston (Dover Thrift Editions: Poetry), Courier Corporation, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 60

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with dared

prepared shared scared haired aired squared paired Baird laird flared black-haired E=mc² reard scaaared staired

Anagrams

dread adder readd

Cite this entry

APA

dared. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dared

MLA

“dared.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dared. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dared,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dared.

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