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valiant Definition

val·iant (val′yənt)

adjective

  1. full of or characterized by valor or courage; brave
  2. resolute; determined made a valiant effort

Etymology: ME < OFr vaillant, prp. of valoir < L valere, to be strong: see value

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valiant Synonyms

valiant

modif.

  1. Having a character notable for valor

    brave, courageous, unafraid, dauntless, valorous, undismayed, intrepid, steadfast, vigorous, stout-hearted, high-spirited, plucky, assertive, manful, manly, lion-hearted, mettlesome, aweless, undaunted, unflinching, unshrinking, self-reliant, strong-willed, indomitable, fearless, venturous, adventurous, powerful, puissant; see also brave 1.

    Antonyms cowardly*, fearful*, timid. *

  2. Performed with valor

    heroic, great, grand, gallant, valorous, chivalrous, audacious, venturesome, noble, magnanimous, magnificent.

    Antonyms ineffective*, feeble*, contemptible. See syn. study at brave.brave.

valiant Usage Examples

Preposition: for

  • truth: The Lord takes pleasure in those who are " valiant for the truth upon the earth " ( Jer.

Preposition: as

  • lion: Having a bad disposition; surly: " as valiant as the lion, churlish as the bear " ( Shakespeare ).

Modifies a noun

  • knight: Miraculously escaping from prison Joseph traveled to Britain where he became the ancestor of an unbroken line of valiant knights.
  • attempt: The final whistle seemed to come too soon; the RAF's valiant attempts had failed to close the gap.
  • effort: A very valiant effort saw Joel fall from about half height.
  • republican: Holland america line's the west his a valiant republican didn't have to.
  • warrior: Only a valiant warrior can stand a chance to save the kingdom.
  • deed: A warrior might perform valiant deeds, but his fame would soon vanish if he had no bard to record them for posterity.

Modifying Another Word

  • very: A very valiant effort saw Joel fall from about half height.
  • so: Were a man ever so valiant to meet her, he found his death.
  • equally: Both sides now had seasoned, equally valiant soldiers, and in Lee and Ulysses S. Grant each had a superior general.
  • once: Until the patella tendon and quadriceps snap and a once valiant athlete is carted off the track, perhaps never to walk again.
  • too: It's too valiant, Miss Stanley, too valiant altogether!
  • not: Officious and not valiant, you haue sham'd me In your condemned Seconds.

Preposition: in

  • fight: For the Persians are wont to honor those who show themselves valiant in fight more highly than any nation that I know.
valiant Quotes

Then trust me, there's nothing like drinking So pleasant this side of the grave; It keeps the unhappy from thinking, And makes e'en the valiant more brave.

—Diaz, Porfirio

Ring out the want, the care, the sin, The faithless coldness of the times; Ring out, ring out my mournful rhymes, But ring the fuller minstrel in. Ring out false pride in place and blood, The civic slander and the spite; Ring in the love of truth and right, Ring in the common love of good. Ring out old shapes of foul disease; Ring out the narrowing lust of gold; Ring out the thousand wars of old, Ring in the thousand years of peace. Ring in the valiant man and free, The larger heart, the kindlier hand; Ring out the darkness of the land; 844 Ring in the Christ that is to be.

—Tennyson

Neither will it be, that a people overlaid with taxes should ever become valiant and martial.

—Bacon, Francis,Viscount St Albans

   Bevaliant, but nottooventurous.Letthyattirebe comely, but not costly.

—Lyly,John

And they praised him to his face with their courtly foreign grace; But he rose upon their decks, and he cried: 'I have fought for Queen and Faith like a valiant man and true; I have only done my dutyas a man is bound to do: With a joyful spirit I Sir Richard Grenville die!' And he fell upon their decks, and he died.

—Tennyson