Definitions for hardihood

hardihood har·di·hood

Spelling: [hahr-dee-hoo d]
IPA: /ˈhɑr diˌhʊd/

Hardihood is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 138 anagrams from letters in hardihood (addhhioor).

Definitions for hardihood

noun

  1. boldness or daring; courage.
  2. audacity or impudence.
  3. strength; power; vigor:
  4. hardy spirit or character; determination to survive; fortitude:

Origin of hardihood

First recorded in 1625-35; hardy1 + -hood

Examples for hardihood

They had been selected for their intrepidity and hardihood from all the towns.

It was like predestined welcome, a confirming of his hardihood.

I had all the hardihood to brave Lord Kilgoff's most fixed resolves.

The Baron had the hardihood to call upon us the next day; of course, in vain.

And again he was alone with the situation he had created in the hardihood and inexperience of his heart.

I knew that of old, and rather wondered at my own hardihood.

Next to Roland for valor and hardihood came Oliver, his companion.

"Just so," rejoined the Italian, with a hardihood that seemed to sit easily upon him.

What do you think, sir, they have had the hardihood to say in the House of Commons?

It was to the hour of pillage alone they looked for the recompense of their hardihood.

Word Value for hardihood
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