hardihood
[hahr-dee-hoo d]
- boldness or daring; courage.
- audacity or impudence.
- strength; power; vigor: the hardihood of youth.
- hardy spirit or character; determination to survive; fortitude: the hardihood of early settlers.
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Origin of hardihood
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Related Words for hardihood
vigor, will, confidence, potency, boldness, daring, guts, pluck, impudence, grit, audacity, courage, effrontery, intrepidity, fortitude, insolence, braveryExamples from the Web for hardihood
Historical Examples of hardihood
The Baron had the hardihood to call upon us the next day; of course, in vain.
Vivian GreyEarl of Beaconsfield, Benjamin Disraeli
They had been selected for their intrepidity and hardihood from all the towns.
King PhilipJohn S. C. (John Stevens Cabot) Abbott
It was like predestined welcome, a confirming of his hardihood.
The PrisonerAlice Brown
I had all the hardihood to brave Lord Kilgoff's most fixed resolves.
Roland CashelCharles James Lever
"Just so," rejoined the Italian, with a hardihood that seemed to sit easily upon him.
Roland CashelCharles James Lever
hardihood
- courage, daring, or audacity
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