hardy (n.)
hardy (adj.)
- abiding
- able-bodied
- aged
- ancient
- antique
- beefy
- bold
- bouncing
- brave
- cartilaginous
- chewy
- chivalric
- chivalrous
- chronic
- cohesive
- constant
- continuing
- coriaceous
- courageous
- daring
- deciduous
- durable
- enduring
- ephemeral
- evergreen
- fearless
- fibrous
- fit
- flush
- forceful
- forcible
- full-blooded
- full-strength
- gallant
- greathearted
- gristly
- gutsy
- hale
- half-hardy
- hard
- healthy
- hearty
- hefty
- heroic
- husky
- immutable
- intrepid
- inveterate
- knightly
- lasting
- leatherlike
- leathery
- lionhearted
- long-lasting
- long-lived
- long-standing
- long-term
- lusty
- macrobiotic
- manful
- manly
- mighty
- nervy
- obstinate
- perdurable
- perennial
- permanent
- perpetual
- persistent
- persisting
- plucky
- potent
- powerful
- puissant
- red-blooded
- remaining
- resistant
- robust
- robustious
- ropy
- rude
- rugged
- sinewy
- soldierlike
- soldierly
- sound
- stable
- stalwart
- steadfast
- steely
- stiff
- stout
- stouthearted
- strapping
- stringy
- strong
- strong-willed
- stubborn
- sturdy
- tenacious
- tough
- unfading
- untiring
- valiant
- valorous
- vigorous
- viscid
- vital
- wiry
My fate cries out,
And makes each petty artery in this body
As hardy as the Nemean lion's nerve.