DASHING
Dictionary entry overview: What does dashing mean? • DASHING (adjective)
The adjective DASHING has 2 senses:
1. lively and spirited
2. marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners
Familiarity information: DASHING used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• DASHING (adjective)
Meaning:
Lively and spirited
Synonyms:
dashing; gallant
Context example:
a dashing hero
Similar:
spirited (displaying animation, vigor, or liveliness)
Meaning:
Marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners
Synonyms:
dapper; spruce; spiffy; rakish; raffish; natty; jaunty; dashing; snappy
Context examples:
a dapper young man / a jaunty red hat
Similar:
fashionable; stylish (being or in accordance with current social fashions)
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