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val·or·ous
 valorous
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- pronunciation:
- vae
l
rs
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition: |
having or showing bravery; valiant; courageous.
- antonyms:
- pusillanimous
- similar words:
- brave, courageous, gallant, heroic, intrepid, mettlesome, valiant
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| related words: |
adventurous, chivalrous, daring, dashing, dauntless, herculean |
adverb + (adj.)valorous
afar, eagerly, honorably, most
(adj.)valorous
+ noun
aristocrat, boast, deed, effort, excursion, fatherland, goth, knight, lad, manner, marshal, moment, pathos, rescuer, service, uprising, worship
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| derivation: |
valorously (adv.) |
The word valorous
contains the following parts:
val, valu, valid
Latin
root
that means strength; worth
  Example words:
bivalent, divalent, equivalent, evaluate, heptavalent, invalidate, invaluable, multivalent, pentavalent, polyvalent, quinquevalent, tetravalent, trivalent, univalent, valid, validate, valor, valorize, valorous, valuable, value
-ous, -ious
Latin
adjective-forming suffix
that means full of, characterized by
More about this word part:
The suffix "-ous
, -ious
" attaches to Latin, Greek, and native English roots
Example words:
adventurous, ambiguous, amorous, amorphous, anadromous, androgynous, anomalous, apetalous, apocarpous, apterous, aqueous, atrocious, auspicious, avaricious, azygous, captious, carnivorous, chromous, coterminous, covetous, curious, delicious, diadromous, diaphanous, dicephalous, dioecious, disingenuous, egregious, endogenous, enormous, epigynous, euphonious, extemporaneous, ferocious, fortuitous, generous, glorious, gracious, gregarious, heterogamous, heterogeneous, homogeneous, homogenous, homologous, homopterous, hydrous, hypogynous, illustrious, impecunious, impervious, incommodious, incongruous, inconspicuous, indecorous, infamous, infelicitous, innocuous, intravenous, isogenous, isomerous, joyous, judicious, laborious, ludicrous, lustrous, magnanimous, malicious, malodorous, monoclinous, monoecious, multiparous, nauseous, perigynous, poisonous, porous, precious, quadrumanous, ramous, rebellious, spacious, subaqueous, synchronous, tubuliflorous, unanimous, valorous, vicious, wondrous, xerophilous
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