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stouthearted

adjective stout·heart·ed \ˈstat-ˌhär-təd\

: brave and determined

Full Definition of STOUTHEARTED

:  having a stout heart or spirit:
a :  courageous
b :  stubborn
stout·heart·ed·ly adverb
stout·heart·ed·ness noun
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First Known Use of STOUTHEARTED

1552

Related to STOUTHEARTED

Synonyms
bold, courageous, dauntless, doughty, fearless, gallant, greathearted, gutsy, gutty, heroic (also heroical), intrepid, lionhearted, manful, stalwart, stout, brave, undauntable, undaunted, valiant, valorous
Antonyms
chicken, chickenhearted, chicken-livered, coward, cowardly, craven, dastardly, fainthearted, fearful, gutless, lily-livered, milk-livered [archaic], nerveless, poltroon, poor-spirited, pusillanimous, spineless, spiritless, timorous, uncourageous, ungallant, unheroic, weakhearted, yellow

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