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Hardihood
Unyielding boldness and daring; firmness in doing something that exposes one to difficulty, danger, or calamity; intrepidness.
📖 Definitions of "Hardihood"
- 1
Unyielding boldness and daring; firmness in doing something that exposes one to difficulty, danger, or calamity; intrepidness.
- 2
Excessive boldness; foolish daring; offensive assurance.
- 3
(of a plant) Ability to withstand extreme conditions, hardiness.
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| timiditynoun | The state of being timid; shyness. |
| timorousnessnoun | The property of being timorous. |
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Hardihood"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| boldnessnoun | The state of being bold; courage. |
| daringnoun | Boldness. |
| hardinessnoun | The quality of being able to withstand fatigue and hardship; (of a plant) the quality of being resistant to cold or other environmental conditions. |
| unhardihoodnoun | Lack of hardihood; the condition of not being hardy or strong. |
| intrepiditynoun | The quality of being intrepid; bravery. |
| intrepidnessnoun | The quality of being intrepid; bravery. |
| couragenoun | The ability to overcome one's fear, do or live things which one finds frightening. |
| fortitudenoun | Mental or emotional strength that enables courage in the face of adversity. |
| toughnessnoun | (uncountable) The state of being tough. |
| daringnessnoun | The state or quality of being daring. |
| strong-heartednessnoun | Alternative form of strongheartedness. [Resilience, endurance.] |
| assurancenoun | The act of assuring; a declaration intended to inspire full confidence; something designed to give confidence to someone. |
| stoutheartednessnoun | Courage, pluck, boldness. |
| endurancenoun | The measure of a person's stamina or persistence. |
| obdurancenoun | hardness; stubbornness |
| hardheadednessnoun | The characteristic of being hardheaded. |
| hardheartednessnoun | (uncountable) The state of being hardhearted. |
| hardnessnoun | The quality of being hard. |
| gritnoun | (idiomatic) Strength of mind; courage or fearlessness; fortitude. |
| intrepitudenoun | intrepidity |
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