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hardihood
Synonyms and Antonyms of hardihood
- the 80-year-old grandmother attributes her hardihood to having eaten a cup of yogurt every day for the past 50 years
animal spirits, animation, briskness, jauntiness, liveliness, snappiness, spirit, spiritedness, sprightliness, spunk, spunkiness, vibrance, vibrancy, vivaciousness, vivacity
ardor, élan, fervor, fire, passion, zeal
main, metal, mettle, might, muscle, potency, power, puissance, stamina, strength
brawniness, fitness, hardiness, huskiness, sturdiness, virility
- the explorers were driven by an almost reckless hardihood in the face of the unknown
bottle [British slang], bravery, courage, courageousness, daring, daringness, dauntlessness, doughtiness, fearlessness, gallantry, greatheartedness, guts, gutsiness, heart, heroism, intestinal fortitude, intrepidity, intrepidness, moxie, nerve, pecker [chiefly British], prowess, stoutness, valor, virtue
backbone, fiber, fortitude, grit, gumption, mettle, pluck, pluckiness, spunk, temper
determination, perseverance, resolution
endurance, stamina, stomach, tenacity
audacity, boldness, brazenness, cheek, cojones [slang], effrontery, gall, temerity
Synonym Discussion of hardihood
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- had the temerity to refuse
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- an entrepreneur with audacity and vision
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- admired for her hardihood
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- outraged at his effrontery
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- the nerve of that guy
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- has the cheek to call herself a singer
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- had the gall to demand proof
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- the chutzpah needed for a career in show business
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