Hardihood
[hɑ:dihud]
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Firmness, fortitude, resolution, pluck, mettle, manhood, courage, bravery, intrepidity, boldness, audacity, determination, resolution, decision.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Resolution, intrepidity, pluck,[See AUDACITY]
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Examples
- They had the hardihood to march into the Piraeus in the early dusk and hire a carriage. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Redwood’s hardihood, due to the natural acids in the wood, make it so weather-resisting that it will last just as long unpainted as it does painted. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Nobody having the hardihood to object to his doing so, he does it, and the party retire as they came up. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Militarism is the great preserver of our ideals of hardihood, and human life with no use for hardihood would be contemptible. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- He was clever and dexterous and inspired by a passion for pluck, hardihood, and rather showy glory. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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