Crossword Dictionary
resilient
adjective
Able to be happy, successful, etc. again after something difficult or bad has happened.
Synonyms
strong, tough, hardy, buoyant, irrepressible, adaptable
examples:
'She's a resilient girl - she won't be unhappy for long.'
‘Optimists argue that the economy may prove more resilient.’
‘We realised how resilient these women and children had to be.’
‘In the study, resilient people were easily comforted by positive memories of their deceased partner.’
‘Even my doctors were surprised at how resilient I was during and after treatment.'
‘All the depicted vegetation is highly resilient and adaptable to the most hostile surroundings.’
Hardy
hardy - a
able to survive under unfavorable weather conditions; "strawberries are hardy and easy to grow"; "camels are tough and hardy creatures"
Synonyms
cast-iron, hard, hard-bitten, hardened, inured, rugged, stout, strong, sturdy, tough, toughened, vigorous
Examples
They possess a hardy breed of ponies, for which the Dolbahanta country is famed.
The Marsi were a hardy mountain people, famed for their simple habits and indomitable courage.
They are a hardy people, and are the least civilized of the four principal native races.
Etymology
c. 1200, "bold, daring, fearless," also "presumptuous, audacious," from Old French hardi "bold, brave, courageous; confident, presumptuous," from past participle of hardir "to harden, be or make bold," from Frankish *hardjan "to make hard" (source also of Old Frisian herda, Old High German herten, Old Norse herða, Gothic gahardjan "make hard"), from Proto-Germanic *hardu- (from PIE root *kar- "hard"). Sense influenced by English hard. Of plants, "able to survive in the open year-round," 1660s. Related: Hardily; hardiness. Hardhede "physical hardiness" is attested from early 15c.
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- ACCLIMATIZED
- ADAPTED
- ADJUSTABLE
- ADJUSTED
- ADJUSTIVE
- ANNEALED
- CALLOUS
- CONDITIONAL
- CONSTRICTED
- CONSTRICTING
- DEVELOPED
- DEVELOPING
- ENCOURAGED
- ENCOURAGING
- ENDURED
- ENDURING
- ENURED
- HARDENED
- INSENSITIVE
- INURED
- REINFORCED
- SOLIDIFIED
- STEELED
- STRENGTHENED
- STRONG
- TEMPERED
- TEMPERING
- TIGHTENED
- TIGHTFISTED
- UNFEELING
- WEATHERBEATEN
- WEATHERED