doughty

1. (literary or archaic) Bold; brave, courageous.Examples: "Hurriedly he snatched up others, one or two at a time, until he had slaughtered thirty of Hrothgar's doughtiest earls."; "[S]he [Edwina, mother of Tennessee Williams] was indeed Amanda [Wingfield, character in Williams's play The Glass Menagerie] in the flesh: a doughty chatterbox from Ohio who adopted the manner of a Southern belle and eschewed both drink and sex to the greatest extent possible."Synonyms: dauntless, fearless, intrepid, resolute, stouthearted, valiant, adventurous, awelessAntonyms: bravearchaicliterary