The Oxford Thesaurus An A-Z Dictionary of Synonyms INTRO ...

dared me to jump, so I jumped. 2 risk, hazard, gamble, venture,
face, make bold, be so bold as: I would never dare to talk to
my father that way.
--n. 3 challenge, provocation, taunt; ultimatum: She took the
dare and swam across the lake.
daredevil n. 1 exhibitionist, showman, stunt man, stunt woman;
adventurer, soldier of fortune, Colloq show-off: William
finally got a job as a daredevil in the circus.
--adj. 2 reckless, rash, death-defying, impulsive, daring,
dashing, impetuous, incautious, imprudent, wild, foolhardy,
madcap, devil-may-care; audacious, bold, brave, fearless,
gallant, courageous, intrepid: Do you consider ski-jumping a
sport or an example of daredevil madness?
daring n. 1 courage, boldness, bravery, valour, intrepidity,
fearlessness, grit, pluck, spirit, mettle, adventurousness,
derring-do, Colloq guts, spunk, nerve; Slang Brit bottle:
Diving from a cliff into the sea takes a lot of daring.
--adj. 2 bold, audacious, courageous, brave, valorous,
intrepid, fearless, unafraid, plucky, mettlesome, adventurous,
venturesome, hardy; rash, reckless, Colloq gutsy, US nervy: In
the 19th century, a few daring explorers penetrated the jungles
of Africa.
dark adj. 1 unlit, unlighted, unilluminated, ill-lighted, ill-lit,
sunless; black, Stygian, pitch-dark, inky, jet-black: We
cowered in a recess in the dark cave. 2 dim, murky, tenebrous,
shady, shadowy: I could scarcely see ahead of me in the dark
forest. 3 gloomy, dismal, dreary, dull, drab, subfuscous,
subfusc, bleak, cheerless, mournful, dour, pessimistic, sombre,
doleful, joyless, grim, sad, melancholy, sorrowful: Why do you
always look at the dark side of things? 4 evil, wicked, vile,
base, foul, iniquitous, nefarious, black-hearted, villainous,
sinister, satanic, devilish, hellish: Nostradamus predicted
that dark forces would overrun the world. 5 murky, overcast,
cloudy, threatening, black, dusky, louring or lowering; foggy,
misty; US glowering: Another dark day on the moor and I thought
I'd go mad. 6 mysterious, deep, profound, incomprehensible,
enigmatic, puzzling, impenetrable, unfathomable, abstruse,