Definition of Hardy

  • (a.) Bold; brave; stout; daring; resolu?e; intrepid.
  • (a.) Confident; full of assurance; in a bad sense, morally hardened; shameless.
  • (a.) Strong; firm; compact.
  • (a.) Inured to fatigue or hardships; strong; capable of endurance; as, a hardy veteran; a hardy mariner.
  • (a.) Able to withstand the cold of winter.
  • (n.) A blacksmith's fuller or chisel, having a square shank for insertion into a square hole in an anvil, called the hardy hole.

Homophones of Hardy