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hardy
noun
1 Hardy
United States slapstick comedian who played the pompous and overbearing member of the Laurel and Hardy duo who made many films (1892-1957).
synonym: Oliver Hardy.
2 Hardy
English novelist and poet (1840-1928).
synonym: Thomas Hardy.
adjective
1 hardy
Having rugged physical strength; inured to fatigue or hardships:
— Hardy explorers of northern Canada.
synonyms: stalwart, stout, sturdy.
Roget 159:
strong,
mighty,
vigorous,
forcible,
hard,
adamantine,
stout,
robust,
sturdy,
hardy,
powerful,
potent,
puissant,
valid.
resistless,
irresistible,
invincible,
proof against,
impregnable,
unconquerable,
indomitable,
dominating,
inextinguishable,
unquenchable;
incontestable;
more than a match for;
overpowering,
overwhelming;
all powerful,
all sufficient;
sovereign.
able-bodied;
athletic;
Herculean,
Cyclopean,
Atlantean†;
muscular,
brawny,
wiry,
well-knit,
broad-shouldered,
sinewy,
strapping,
stalwart,
gigantic.
manly,
man-like,
manful;
masculine,
male,
virile.
unweakened†,
unallayed,
unwithered†,
unshaken,
unworn,
unexhausted†;
in full force,
in full swing;
in the plenitude of power.
stubborn,
thick-ribbed,
made of iron,
deep-rooted;
strong as a lion,
strong as a horse,
strong as an ox,
strong as brandy;
sound as a roach;
in fine feather,
in high feather;
built like a brick shithouse;
like a giant refreshed.
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Polish: postawny, rosły
2 hardy
Able to survive under unfavorable weather conditions.
3 hardy
Invulnerable to fear or intimidation.
synonyms: audacious, brave, dauntless, fearless, intrepid, unfearing.
Roget 654:
healthy,
healthful;
in health
etc.
n.;
well,
sound,
hearty,
hale,
fresh,
green,
whole;
florid,
flush,
hardy,
stanch,
staunch,
brave,
robust,
vigorous,
weatherproof.
unscathed,
uninjured,
unmaimed†,
unmarred,
untainted;
sound of wind and limb,
safe and sound.
on one's legs;
sound as a roach,
sound as a bell;
fresh as a daisy,
fresh as a rose,
fresh as April†;
hearty as a buck;
in fine feather,
in high feather;
in good case,
in full bloom;
pretty bobbish†,
tolerably well,
as well as can be expected.
sanitary
etc.
(health-giving)
656;
sanatory
etc.
(remedial)
662†.
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Roget 861:
courageous,
brave;
valiant,
valorous;
gallant,
intrepid;
spirited,
spiritful†;
high-spirited,
high-mettled†;
mettlesome,
plucky;
manly,
manful;
resolute;
stout,
stout-hearted;
iron-hearted,
lion-hearted;
heart of oak;
Penthesilean.
bold,
bold-spirited;
daring,
audacious;
fearless,
dauntless,
dreadless†,
aweless;
undaunted,
unappalled,
undismayed,
unawed,
unblanched,
unabashed,
unalarmed,
unflinching,
unshrinking†,
unblanching†,
unapprehensive;
confident,
self-reliant;
bold as a lion,
bold as brass.
enterprising,
adventurous;
venturous,
venturesome;
dashing,
chivalrous;
soldierly
etc.
(warlike)
722;
heroic.
fierce,
savage;
pugnacious
etc.
(bellicose)
720.
strong-minded,
hardy,
doughty;
firm
etc.
(stable)
150;
determined
etc.
(resolved)
604;
dogged,
indomitable
etc.
(persevering)
604.1.
up to,
up to the scratch;
upon one's mettle;
reassured
etc.
v.;
unfeared†,
undreaded†.
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