Descriptions & Equivalents
- audacious
- ballsy
- centered himself
- chutzpah
- courageous
- cowboy up
- defiant
- didn't want to be a hero
- forced a smile
- forgetting her fear for a moment
- found my gumption
- gut-check time
- gutsy
- had some swagger
- heart of a lion
- hero
- her paralysis lifted
- ice water in his veins
- intrepid
- navigated rough waters
- plucky
- put his head down and entered
- scared but did it anyway
- show some backbone
- smile didn't waver
- soldier on
- squared her shoulders
- stood tall
- stood up to
- straightened her shoulders
- stuck his chin out
- stuck his neck out
- swagger
- swallowed hard
- took a deep breath
- took some balls to do that
- unflinching
- walked into a wall of fire
- walked the talk
- went in chest first
- with everything that was in her
Brave. Willing to fight your own fears in order to move forward. The townspeople called her brave because she shot the burglar in the head when he approached her.