hardihood
[hahr-dee-hoo d]
noun
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.
RELATED WORDS
vigor, will, confidence, potency, boldness, daring, guts, pluck, impudence, grit, audacity, courage, effrontery, intrepidity, fortitude, insolence, bravery
Origin of hardihood
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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
"Just so," rejoined the Italian, with a hardihood that seemed to sit easily upon him.
Roland CashelCharles James Lever
I had all the hardihood to brave Lord Kilgoff's most fixed resolves.
Roland CashelCharles James Lever
hardihood
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