• Daren't

    Pronunciation

    • UK IPA: /deÉ™(ɹ)nt/

    Origin

    dare + -n't

    Full definition of daren't

    Contraction

    1. Contraction of dare not, with a connotation of fear.
      • c1865, 1998, Leo N. Tolstoy, War and Peace, page 161 -"The bigwigs here think so too, but they daren't say so."

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