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31invincible — adj 1. unconquerable, invulnerable, impregnable, impenetrable, inviolable, indestructible, undestroyable, imperishable, undefeatable, unbeatable, unassailable; formidable, powerful, mighty, Literary. puissant; indomitable, insuppressible, stout,… …
32lionhearted — adj 1. brave, courageous, valiant, valorous, heroic, hero like; stout hearted, iron hearted, great hearted; virile, manly, manful, gallant, chivalrous; intrepid, fearless, dauntless, aweless, dreadless, unafraid; bold, bold spirited, high… …
33mannish — adj 1.(all of women, usu. derogatory) mannified, unfeminine, unwomanly, unladylike, Amazonian; Sl. butch; hoidenish, tomboyish, rompish. 2. masculine, manly, manful, manlike, male; virile, potent, Inf. he mannish, Inf. two fisted. 3. brave,… …
34plucky — adj 1. mettlesome, gritty, game, spirited, red blooded, Inf. spunky; brave, courageous, valiant, valorous, heroic, hero like, stout hearted, lionhearted, iron hearted, great hearted, high hearted; intrepid, fearless, dauntless, unafraid,… …
35stalwart — adj 1. stout, sturdy, rugged, hefty, husky, burly, Scot, and North Eng. stiff, solid, iron, Inf. tough as nails, Inf. hard as rock; able bodied, able, athletic, sinewy, well knit; muscular, muscled, well muscled, full muscled, brawny, strapping,… …
36stout-hearted — adj 1. brave, courageous, valiant, valorous, heroic, heroical, hero like, lion hearted, iron hearted, great hearted; intrepid, fearless, dauntless, dreadless, aweless, nervy, Sl. gutsy, unafraid, unblenching, unblenched, undaunted, unalarmed,… …
37sturdy — adj 1. stalwart, stout, rugged, hefty, husky, burly, iron, solid, tough, yeomanly, Scot. buirdly, Scot, and North Eng. stiff, Inf. tough as nails, Inf. hard as rock; muscular, muscled, well muscled, full muscled, strong, brawny, strapping, broad… …
38unflinching — adj unshrinking, unfaltering, unshaken, unwavering, unflagging, unswerving, undeviating; firm, resolute, resolved, determined, staunch, steadfast, stalwart, Archaic. stalworth; grim, unrelenting, relentless, indefatigable, dogged, pertinacious,… …
39stalwart — [14] The ancestor of stalwart was Old English stǣlwierthe. The second half of this compound adjective denoted ‘worth, worthy’, but the precise significance of the first element is not clear. It represents Old English stǣl ‘place’, perhaps used… …
40stalwart — adj. & n. adj. 1 strongly built, sturdy. 2 courageous, resolute, determined (stalwart supporters). n. a stalwart person, esp. a loyal uncompromising partisan. Derivatives: stalwartly adv. stalwartness n. Etymology: Sc. var. of obs. stalworth f.… …
