hardihood
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About Our Definitions: All forms of a word (noun, verb, etc.) are now displayed on one page.har·di·hood
noun \ˈhär-dē-ˌhu̇d\Definition of HARDIHOOD
1
a : resolute courage and fortitude b : resolute and self-assured audacity often carried to the point of impudent insolence
2
: vigor, robustness
See Examples of HARDIHOOD
- <the 80-year-old grandmother attributes her hardihood to having eaten a cup of yogurt every day for the past 50 years>
- <the explorers were driven by an almost reckless hardihood in the face of the unknown>
First Known Use of HARDIHOOD
1570
Related to HARDIHOOD
- Synonyms
- beans, bounce, brio, dash, drive, dynamism, energy, esprit, gas, get-up-and-go, ginger, go, gusto, vigor, juice, life, moxie, oomph, pep, punch, sap, snap, starch, verve, vim, vinegar, vitality, zing, zip
- Antonyms
- lethargy, listlessness, sluggishness, torpidity
See Synonym Discussion at temerity
Rhymes with HARDIHOOD
adulthood, arrowwood, babyhood, bachelorhood, brotherhood, buttonwood, candlewood, cedarwood, cottonwood, fatherhood, geezerhood, high priesthood, Hollywood, Isherwood, knock on wood, leatherwood, likelihood, livelihood, lustihood, maidenhood, motherhood, nationhood, neighborhood, orangewood, parenthood, personhood, puppyhood, Robin Hood, sandalwood, scattergood, servanthood, sisterhood, spinsterhood, toddlerhood, to the good, tulipwood, understood, widowhood, womanhood, yellowwood, zebrawood
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