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Headstrong is a related term of hardy.


As an adjective headstrong

is determined to do as one pleases, and not as others want.

As a proper noun hardy is

, originally a nickname for a hardy person.

headstrong

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Determined to do as one pleases, and not as others want.
    • He was in that headstrong teenage phase when he felt like he knew everything.

    Synonyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * headstrongly * headstrongness

    hardy

    English

    Adjective

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

    • Synonyms

    * robust * rugged * strong

    Derived terms

    * cold hardy

    Noun

    (hardies)
  • A blacksmith's fuller or chisel, having a square shank for insertion into a square hole in an anvil, called the (hardy hole).
    • (Webster 1913)

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