Valiant

Synonyms: audacious, ballsy, bold, brave, confident, courageous, daring, dauntless, determined, dogged, doughty, fearless, firm, gallant, game, gutsy, heroic, indomitable, intrepid, lionhearted, manful, manly, mettlesome, plucky, resolute, rock-ribbed, spirited, spunky, stalwart, staunch, steadfast, stout, stout-hearted, stubborn, unabashed, unalarmed, unbending, unblenching, undaunted, undismayed, unfaltering, unflinching, unshrinking, unswerving, unwavering, unyielding, valorous

Antonyms: cowardly, irresolute

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Valiant

(adj) possessing or showing courage or determination; “she made a valiant effort to hold her anger in check”

Valiant (वैल्यन्ट) meaning in Hindi (English to Hindi Dictionary)

दिलेर, पराक्रमी, बहादुर, विक्रांत, वीर, शूर, शूरवीर, साहसी, बहादुराना, वीरतापूर्ण

Valiant Origin

Middle English (also in the sense ‘robust, well-built’): from Old French vailant, based on Latin valere ‘be strong’.

Valiant in a sentence (word usage in recent newspaper)

His valiant knock comprised 12 fours and three sixes.
A valiant fight put up by two groups of soldiers helped avoid a major hostage crisis as the three terrorists stormed into an Army installation.
Playing in his 14th Test, the right-handed batsman scored a valiant 103 against the dominant visitors to help draw the fourth Test in Nagpur.
Bitburger Open: Despite valiant effort, Sourabh Verma loses in final.
No stone would be left unturned to help these valiant sons of the soil, he added.

Mnemonic trick to remember the meaning of valiant

Valiant –> great effort by ‘ant’ in the ‘valley’

Valiant Pronunciation