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HARDINESS

Dictionary entry overview: What does hardiness mean?

• HARDINESS (noun)
The noun HARDINESS has 2 senses:

1. the property of being strong and healthy in constitution
2. the trait of being willing to undertake things that involve risk or danger

Familiarity information: HARDINESS used as a noun is rare.

Dictionary entry details

• HARDINESS (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

The property of being strong and healthy in constitution

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

hardiness; lustiness; robustness

Hypernyms ("hardiness" is a kind of...):

strength (the property of being physically or mentally strong)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

The trait of being willing to undertake things that involve risk or danger

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

boldness; hardihood; daring; hardiness

Context examples:

the proposal required great boldness / the plan required great hardiness of heart

Hypernyms ("hardiness" is a kind of...):

fearlessness (the trait of feeling no fear)

Attribute:

bold (fearless and daring)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hardiness"):

adventurousness; venturesomeness (the trait of being adventurous)

daredevilry; daredeviltry (boldness as manifested in rash and daredevil behavior)

audaciousness; audacity; temerity (fearless daring)

brazenness; shamelessness (behavior marked by a bold defiance of the proprieties and lack of shame)

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