Hardihood

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Boldness and daring.
  • n. Impudence or insolence.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. Unyielding boldness and daring; firmness in doing something that exposes one to difficulty, danger, or calumnity; intrepidness.
  • n. Excessive boldness; foolish daring; offensive assurance.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. Boldness, united with firmness and constancy of mind; bravery; intrepidity; also, audaciousness; impudence.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. Unyielding boldness; firmness in doing something that exposes to difficulty, danger, or contumely; intrepidity; also, and commonly, too great boldness; foolish daring; offensive assurance.
  • n. Physical power of endurance; toughness.
  • n. Synonyms Courage, resolution, pluck, stoutness, fortitude; audacity, effrontery, assurance, impudence. The unfavorable meanings of hardihood seem to be prevailing over the good ones, so that there is a tendency to look to other words for the expression of courage and endurance. The issue of this tendency is not yet decided; it is less marked in the case of hardy.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. the trait of being willing to undertake things that involve risk or danger
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    fearlessness   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    effrontery    intrepidity    impudence    audacity    courage   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    intrepidity    bravery    fortitude    fearlessness    promptitude   
     
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