To become hardy, daring, or audacious.

Bold; intrepid; daring; confident; audacious.

Requiring or imparting courage, vigor, and endurance; that must be done boldly or energetically: as, a hardy exploit; hardy occupations.

Strong; enduring; capable of resisting fatigue, hardship, or exposure: as, a hardy peasant; a hardy plant.

Synonyms Stout-hearted, courageous, valiant, daring. See note under hardihood.

Hale, robust, sturdy, tough.

noun. In blacksmithing, a chisel or fuller having a square shank for insertion into a square hole in an anvil.

noun. A blacksmith's fuller or chisel, having a square shank for insertion into a square hole in an anvil, called the hardy hole.

adjective. Bold; brave; stout; daring; resolute; intrepid.

adjective. Confident; full of assurance; in a bad sense, morally hardened; shameless.

adjective. Strong; firm; compact.

adjective. Inured to fatigue or hardships; strong; capable of endurance

adjective. Able to withstand the cold of winter.

adjective. Having rugged physical strength; inured to fatigue or hardships. A hardy plant is one that can withstand the extremes of climate, such as frost.

noun. A blacksmith's fuller or chisel, having a square shank for insertion into a square hole in an anvil, called the hardy hole.

adjective. able to survive under unfavorable weather conditions

adjective. having rugged physical strength; inured to fatigue or hardships

adjective. invulnerable to fear or intimidation

noun. United States slapstick comedian who played the pompous and overbearing member of the Laurel and Hardy duo who made many films (1892-1957)

noun. English novelist and poet (1840-1928)

"Palin hardy put up with anything, and manufactured most of it herself anyway."

bold  courageous  

bold  robust  

author  comedian  comic  writer  

Azzopardi  Lombardi  cardy  hardie  pardi  

adventurous  ambitious  brave  enterprising  fearless  

abiding  able-bodied  age-long  aged  ancient  

hardier  hardiest