dashing

The word “dashing” has 2 syllables: dash-ing

It's pronounced as /ˈdæʃɪŋ/

What is synonym and antonym for dashing?

In the thesaurus, “dashing” has 287 synonyms and 110 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for dashing along with examples of usage in sentences.

Synonyms for dashing

absurd
accelerating
adventuresome
adventurous
afflicting
agitating
ailing
alert
animated
arrowing
asinine
audacious
balmy
barreling
barrelling
bathing
beating it
beelining
beetling
belting
bespattering
blasting
blazing
blowing
bold
bolting
bombing
bothering
bounding
bowling
brainless
brash
brave
breezing
bucking
bundling
burdening
bustling
buzzing
cannonballing
cantering
careening
careering
casting
catapulting
catching up
chasing
chic
chucking
concerning
courageous
coursing
crazy
dabbling
dapper
daredevil
daring
darting
daunting
dauntless
dazzling
debonair
dejecting
demoralizing
depressing
discomforting
discomposing
discouraging
disheartening
dismaying
dispiriting
disquieting
distressing
disturbing
dousing
dowsing
drenching
driving
drowning
dumb
ejecting
elegant
emboldened
enterprising
exclusive
exercising
exuberant
fashionable
fast-forwarding
fearless
firing
flinging
flipping
flitting
flying
foolhardy
foolish
free-swinging
gadarene
gallant
galloping
gay
getting a move on
getting down
greathearted
gritty
gunning
gutsy
half-witted
hardy
harebrained
haring
hastening
hasty
headlong
heaving
heedless
heroic
heroical
hieing
highballing
hooking
hotheaded
humping
hurling
hurrying
hurtling
hustling
hying
idiotic
idiotical
impelling
impetuous
impregnating
imprudent
impulsive
incautious
insane
intrepid
irrational
jaunty
jetting
jogging
jumping
keen
lapping
launching
leaping
letting fly
lionhearted
lively
lobbing
lofting
loping
lunatic
mad
madcap
making tracks
modish
moronic
motoring
nerved
nervy
nipping
nutty
oppressing
outpacing
outrunning
outstripping
overbold
overconfident
overtaking
passing
pattering
pegging
pelting
perturbing
pitching
plashing
plucky
precipitate
precipitating
projecting
propelling
quickening
racing
ramming
rash
reckless
rifling
ripping
rocketing
rolling
rousing
running
rushing
rustling
saddening
saturating
scampering
scatterbrained
scooting
scudding
scuffling
scurrying
scuttling
shagging
shaking a leg
shooting
showy
silly
skipping
slinging
slopping
sloshing
slushing
smart
soaking
sopping
sousing
spattering
speeding
spirited
splashing
splattering
sporty
spraying
springing
sprinkling
sprinting
spritzing
spunky
squirting
stalwart
stampeding
steeping
stepping
stepping on it
stepping out
stout
stouthearted
streaking
stupid
stylish
swank
swashbuckling
swashing
swish
tearing
thoughtless
throwing
thrusting
tormenting
torturing
tossing
traveling
travelling
tripping
trotting
troubling
unafraid
undaunted
undoing
unhinging
unnecessary
unnerving
unreasonable
unsettling
upsetting
valiant
valorous
venturesome
venturous
vivacious
wacky
washing
watering
weighing down
whacky
whirling
whisking
whizzing
wild
witless
worrying
zipping
zooming

Antonyms for dashing

affrighted
afraid
alarmed
ambling
animating
apathetic
appalled
assuring
boosting
boring
brightening
buoying
calm
careful
cautious
chickenhearted
comforting
concerned
consoling
cool
coward
cowardly
craven
crawling
creeping
dallying
dawdling
decelerating
delighting
dillydallying
dismayed
drab
dragging
dull
elating
elevating
encouraging
enlivening
exciting
exhilarating
fainthearted
fearful
frightened
gladdening
gratifying
heartening
heedful
hobbling
horrified
inspiring
invigorating
lagging
lethargic
levelheaded
lifting
lightening
lily-livered
limping
lingering
loitering
lumbering
milk-livered
milky
overcareful
overcautious
plain
pleasing
plodding
poking
poltroon
prudent
pusillanimous
rational
reasonable
reassuring
rejoicing
sage
sane
sauntering
scared
sensible
shambling
shocked
shuffling
shy
solacing
soothing
sound
spooked
startled
stimulating
strolling
stupid
tarrying
terrified
terrorized
timid
timorous
trudging
unadventurous
unenterprising
unfashionable
unimpressive
unnerved
unstylish
uplifting
upset
wary
wise
worried

Meanings of dashing

verb
1. To run quickly or for a short distance.
2. To leave or depart.
3. To destroy by striking (against).
4. To throw violently.
5. (sometimes figurative) To sprinkle; to splatter.
6. To mix, reduce, or adulterate, by throwing in something of an inferior quality.
7. (of hopes or dreams) To ruin; to destroy.
8. To dishearten; to sadden.
9. To complete hastily, usually with down or off.
10. To draw quickly; jot.
noun
1. The action of the verb to dash.
adjective
1. Spirited, audacious and full of high spirits.
2. Chic, fashionable.

Example Sentences

The dashing young man caught everyone's attention as he entered the room.
She looked quite dashing in her elegant evening gown.
The knight rode off on his dashing white steed to rescue the princess.
His dashing smile charmed everyone he met.
The actor played the role of a dashing hero in the movie.

On this page you'll find 397 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to dashing, such as: absurd, accelerating, adventuresome, adventurous, afflicting, affrighted, afraid.

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