classy, snazzy, sharp, nifty, spiffy, nobby, swell.
2. spry, sprightly, agile, nimble, quick, pert, lively.
dapple, adj. 1. spotted, marked, blotchy, mottled, particolored, variegated; pied, piebald, pinto.
-v. 2. dot, spot, bespeckle, stipple, mottle, fleck, bedaub.
dare, v. 1. brave, meet, face, brook, weather, sustain, undergo, endure, bear, Inf. take, Inf. stick, Inf. hang tough, Inf. hang in there; adventure, attempt, risk, hazard, stake, run the gauntlet; pluck up courage, take heart, stand one's ground; presume, make bold, present a bold front, show fight, fly in the face of.
2. challenge, defy, beard, brazen, outbrazen, look straight in the face or eye, throw down the gauntlet, show one's teeth; confront, affront, front, encounter, oppose, taunt, provoke; meet, meet defiantly, hurl defiance at, stand up to or against, Inf face the music; meet face to face, meet eyeball to eyeball, meet head-on, square off against, take the bull by the horns, bell the cat, twist the lion's tail.
-n. 3. challenge, taunt, confrontation, ultimatum, provocation; gauntlet, glove, gage; defiance, scorn, affront, stand, opposition.
daredevil, n. 1. adventurer, man of courage, blood, brave, soldier-of-fortune, hotspur, Fr. enfant perdu; stuntman, stunt driver, Evel Knievel, Inf. hellcat; ace, Inf. flying fool; wildcat, madcap, harebrain, fool; glory hog, exhibitionist, show-off.
-adj. 2. daring, rash, heedless, reckless, death-defying, fearless, intrepid, dauntless, unshrinking, unafraid; venturesome, adventurous, bold, audacious, brave, courageous, nervy, Sl. gutsy; headlong, breakneck, impulsive, impetuous, precipitate, imprudent, incautious, wild, desperate; madcap, foolhardy, harebrained.
daring, n. 1. bravery, boldness, courage, valor, hardiness, resoluteness, stalwartness; audacity, derring-do, venturesomeness, adventurousness, fearlessness, intrepidity; enterprise, valor, heart, defiance; nerve, mettle, spirit, grit, pluck, Inf. spunk, Inf. guts; foolhardiness, rashness, temerity, recklessness, desperation; impetuosity, impetuousness.
-adj. 2. bold, venturesome, adventuresome, adventurous; audacious, brave, courageous, valiant, valorous; fearless, dauntless, intrepid, undaunted, unshrinking, unflinching, plucky, Inf. spunky.
3. impudent, brazen, brassy; unabashed, forward, Inf. fresh, bumptious, Inf. nervy, Inf. cheeky; flagrant, arrant, barefaced.
4. foolhardy, rash, temerarious, reckless, heedless, careless, harebrained; impulsive, madcap, headlong, daredevil, devil-may-care, death-defying, wild.
dark, adj. 1. lightless, aphotic, opaque, black, black as ink, inky, pitch-dark, pitchy, jetblack, jetty; unilluminated, unlit, shady, shadowy, Literary, darkling; murky, foggy, misty, tenebrous, Archaic, caligi-nous; dull, dim, faint, pale, feeble, weak, ill-lighted, poorly-lit.
2. swarthy, swart, dusky, ebony, sable, dark-complexioned, dark-skinned.
3. dismal, dreary, bleak, grim, funereal; somber solemn, grave, heavy; gloomy, melancholy, blue, depressed, dejected, cheerless, joyless, sad, sorrowful, disconsolate, doleful, dolorous, Inf. down in the dumps, Inf. down in the mouth.
4. sullen, dour, glum, morose, sulky, long-faced crestfallen, chapfallen, moody, brooding; frowning, scowling, glowering, black-browed.
5. evil, wicked, villainous, infamous, iniquitous, black-hearted, flagitious, base, vile; ominous, foreboding, threatening, menacing, sinister.