| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| ADJECTIVE: | 1. Having or showing courage: audacious, bold, brave, courageous, dauntless, doughty, fearless, fortitudinous, gallant, game, hardy, heroic, intrepid, mettlesome, plucky, stouthearted, unafraid, undaunted, valiant, valorous. Informal : spunky. Slang : gutsy, gutty. See FEAR. 2. Having a large body, especially in girth: bulky, heavy, hefty, hulking, hulky, husky2. See BIG. 3. Having too much flesh: corpulent, fat, fatty, fleshy, gross, obese, overblown, overweight, porcine, portly, weighty. See FAT. 4. Capable of exerting considerable effort or of withstanding considerable stress or hardship: hardy, stalwart, strong, sturdy, tough. See STRONG.
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