имя существительное бесстрашие, мужество, неустрашимость, отвага, смелость, храбрость Синоним(ы): backbone, fortitude, grit, nerve Антоним(ы): cowardice, fear, pusillanimity, timidity - Dutch courage
Идиомы со словом "courage": - bring one's courage to the sticking point - Dutch courage - have the courage of one's convictions
noun
Etymology: Middle English corage, from Anglo-French curage, from quer, coer heart, from Latin cor — more at heart
mental or moral strength to venture, persevere, and withstand danger, fear, or difficulty
Synonyms:
courage, mettle, spirit, resolution, tenacity mean mental or moral strength to resist opposition, danger, or hardship. courage implies firmness of mind and will in the face of danger or extreme difficulty
Example: the courage to support unpopular causes.
mettle suggests an ingrained capacity for meeting strain or difficulty with fortitude and resilience
Example: a challenge that will test your mettle.
spirit also suggests a quality of temperament enabling one to hold one's own or keep up one's morale when opposed or threatened
Example: her spirit was unbroken by failure.
resolution stresses firm determination to achieve one's ends
Example: the resolution of pioneer women.
tenacity adds to resolution implications of stubborn persistence and unwillingness to admit defeat
Example: held to their beliefs with great tenacity.