English-Thai Dictionary

adventurous

ADJ ชอบ ผจญภัย  ชอบ เสี่ยงภัย  adventuresome chop-pha-jon-phai

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ADVENTUROUS

a. 1. Inclined or willing to incur hazard; bold to encounter danger; daring; courageous; enterprizing; applied to persons.
2. Full of hazard; attended with risk; exposing to danger; requiring courage " applied to things; as, an adventurous undertaking.
And followed freedom on the adventurous tide.

 

ADVENTUROUSLY

adv. Boldly; daringly; in a manner to incur hazard.

 

ADVENTUROUSNESS

n.The act or quality of being adventurous.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

ADVENTUROUS

Ad *ven "tur *ous, a. Etym: [OE. aventurous, aunterous, OF. aventuros,F. aventureux, fr. aventure. See Adventure, n.]

 

1. Inclined to adventure; willing to incur hazard; prone to embark in hazardous enterprise; rashly daring; -- applied to persons. Bold deed thou hast presumed, adventurous Eve. Milton.

 

2. Full of hazard; attended with risk; exposing to danger; requiring courage; rash; -- applied to acts; as, an adventurous undertaking, deed, song.

 

Syn. -- Rash; foolhardy; presumptuous; enterprising; daring; hazardous; venturesome. See Rash.

 

ADVENTUROUSLY

ADVENTUROUSLY Ad *ven "tur *ous *ly, adv.

 

Defn: In an adventurous manner; venturesomely; boldly; daringly.

 

ADVENTUROUSNESS

ADVENTUROUSNESS Ad *ven "tur *ous *ness, n.

 

Defn: The quality or state of being adventurous; daring; venturesomeness.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

adventurous

ad ven tur ous |adˈvenCHərəs, əd- ədˈvɛntʃ (ə )rəs | ▶adjective willing to take risks or to try out new methods, ideas, or experiences: let's be adventurous | an adventurous traveler. • involving new ideas or methods: they wanted more adventurous meals. • full of excitement: my life couldn't be more adventurous. DERIVATIVES ad ven tur ous ly adverb, ad ven tur ous ness noun ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French aventureus, from aventure (see adventure ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

adventurous

ad ¦ven ¦tur |ous |ədˈvɛntʃ (ə )rəs | ▶adjective willing to take risks or to try out new methods, ideas, or experiences: an adventurous traveller. • involving new ideas or methods: they wanted more adventurous meals. • full of excitement: my life couldn't be more adventurous. DERIVATIVES adventurously adverb, adventurousness noun ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French aventureus, from aventure (see adventure ).

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

adventurous

adventurous adjective 1 an adventurous traveler: daring, daredevil, intrepid, venturesome, bold, fearless, brave, unafraid, unshrinking, dauntless; informal gutsy, spunky. ANTONYMS cautious. 2 adventurous activities: risky, dangerous, perilous, hazardous, precarious, uncertain; exciting, thrilling. ANTONYMS tame.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

adventurous

adventurous adjective 1 as a child he was always adventurous: daring, daredevil, intrepid, venturesome, bold, audacious, fearless, brave, unafraid, unshrinking, undaunted, dauntless, valiant, valorous, heroic, dashing; confident, enterprising; rash, reckless, heedless; informal gutsy, spunky, peppy, pushy; rare adventuresome, venturous. ANTONYMS cautious, unadventurous. 2 they needed someone to finance their more adventurous activities: risky, dangerous, perilous, hazardous, precarious, uncertain. ANTONYMS tame, unadventurous.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

adventurous

ad ven tur ous /ədvéntʃ (ə )rəs /形容詞 1 〈人が 〉冒険好きな ; 大胆な .2 冒険に満ちた, 目新しい 〈音楽など 〉; 危険な .～ly 副詞 ～ness 名詞