Marked by defiant disregard for danger or consequences
English: foolhardy, heady, rash, reckless
Bahasa: gegabah, rakus, gopoh, semberono, gelojoh, terburu-buru, tergesa-gesa
nekadBahasa Indonesia
desperate, brave, brave out, daredevil, do-or-die(a)
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#27,529 of the corpus · 1.2 per million words · 5,135 occurrences
Adjective
Tenaciously unwilling or marked by tenacious unwillingness to yield
English: stubborn, obstinate, unregenerate
Bahasa: gigih, tegar, tekak, berkeras, bandel, bengal, dakar, teguk
Presumptuously daring
English: daredevil, temerarious
Bahasa: kasar, sombong, angkuh
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4 more adjective senses
Marked by imagination, initiative, and readiness to undertake new projects
English: enterprising
Bahasa: berusaha, giat, berikhtiar, bergiat, cergas
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Desperately determined
English: desperate, do-or-die(a)
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Stubbornly unyielding
English: dogged, dour, persistent, pertinacious, tenacious, unyielding
Bahasa: keras, teguh, kukuh, degil
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Showing extreme courage, especially of actions courageously undertaken in desperation as a last resort
English: desperate, heroic
Bahasa: gagah
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Verb
Face and withstand with courage
English: weather, endure, brave, brave out
Bahasa: menahan, menantang, menanggung, menempuh, meredah, membetahkan