Word Meanings - STURDY - Book Publishers vocabulary database

inconsiderable, OF. estourdi stunned, giddy, thoughtless, rash, F. étourdi, p.p. of OF. estourdir to stun, to render giddy, to amaze, F. étourdir; of uncertain origin. The sense has probably been influenced 1. Foolishly obstinate or resolute;

Additional info about word: STURDY

inconsiderable, OF. estourdi stunned, giddy, thoughtless, rash, F. étourdi, p.p. of OF. estourdir to stun, to render giddy, to amaze, F. étourdir; of uncertain origin. The sense has probably been influenced 1. Foolishly obstinate or resolute; stubborn; unrelenting; unfeeling; stern. This sturdy marquis gan his hearte dress To rue upon her wifely steadfastness. Chaucer. This must be done, and I would fain see Mortal so sturdy as to gainsay. Hudibras. A sturdy, hardened sinner shall advance to the utmost pitch of impiety with less reluctance than he took the first steps. Atterbury. 2. Resolute, in a good sense; or firm, unyielding quality; as, a man of sturdy piety or patriotism. 3. Characterized by physical strength or force; strong; lusty; violent; as, a sturdy lout. How bowed the woods beneath their sturdy stroke! Gray. 4. Stiff; stout; strong; as, a sturdy oak. Milton. He was not of any delicate contexture; his limbs rather sturdy than dainty. Sir H. Wotton. Syn. -- Hardy; stout; strong; firm; robust; stiff.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of STURDY)

• Firm
• Fast
• secure
• strong
• steadfast
• solid
• stable
• established
• rooted
• immovable
• robust
• unshaken
• sturdy
• resolute
• determined
• fixed
• decided
• attached
• Muscular
• Powerful
• brawny
• sinewy
• stalwart
• athletic
• lusty
• Robust
• Strong
• able-bodied
• muscular
• hale
• hearty
• vigorous
• sound
• iron
• Stout
• corpulent
• brave
• valiant
• redoubtable

Possible antonyms: (opposite words of STURDY)

• Loosen
• betray
• surrender
• expose
• imperil
• endanger
• open
• liberate
• free

Related words: (words related to STURDY)

• STALWARTLY
  In a stalwart manner.
• SOLIDARE
  A small piece of money. Shak.
• REDOUBTABLE
  Formidable; dread; terrible to foes; as, a redoubtable hero;
• EXPOSER
  One who exposes or discloses.
• POWERFUL
  Large; capacious; -- said of veins of ore. Syn. -- Mighty; strong; potent; forcible; efficacious; energetic; intense. -- Pow"er*ful*ly, adv. -- Pow"er*ful*ness, n. (more info) 1. Full of power; capable of producing great effects of any
• SOUNDER
  One who, or that which; sounds; specifically, an instrument used in telegraphy in place of a register, the communications being read by sound.
• STABLENESS
  The quality or state of being stable, or firmly established; stability.
• ROOTCAP
  A mass of parenchym
• SOLIDUNGULA
  A tribe of ungulates which includes the horse, ass, and related species, constituting the family Equidæ.
• DECIDER
  One who decides.
• STABLEBOY; STABLEMAN
  A boy or man who attends in a stable; a groom; a hostler.
• DECIDEMENT
  Means of forming a decision. Beau. & Fl.
• ABLE-BODIED
  Having a sound, strong body; physically competent; robust. "Able-bodied vagrant." Froude. -- A`ble-bod"ied*ness, n..
• STRONGYLOID
  Like, or pertaining to, Strongylus, a genus of parasitic nematode worms of which many species infest domestic animals. Some of the species, especially those living in the kidneys, lungs, and bronchial tubes, are often very injurious. -- n.
• ROOTLESS
  Destitute of roots.
• VIGOROUS
  1. Possessing vigor; full of physical or mental strength or active force; strong; lusty; robust; as, a vigorous youth; a vigorous plant. Famed for his valor, young, At sea successful, vigorous and strong. Waller. 2. Exhibiting strength, either
• ATHLETICISM
  The practice of engaging in athletic games; athletism.
• SOUNDLESS
  Not capable of being sounded or fathomed; unfathomable. Shak.
• EXPOSEDNESS
  The state of being exposed, laid open, or unprotected; as, an exposedness to sin or temptation.
• BRAVENESS
  The quality of state or being brave.
• POSTABLE
  Capable of being carried by, or as by, post. W. Montagu.
• ELECTRO-MUSCULAR
  Pertaining the reaction of the muscles under electricity, or their sensibility to it.
• INTESTABLE
  Not capable of making a will; not legally qualified or competent to make a testament. Blackstone.
• HIGH-SOUNDING
  Pompous; noisy; ostentatious; as, high-sounding words or titles.
• REFIX
  To fix again or anew; to establish anew. Fuller.
• RESOUND
  resonare; pref. re- re- + sonare to sound, sonus sound. See Sound to 1. To sound loudly; as, his voice resounded far. 2. To be filled with sound; to ring; as, the woods resound with song. 3. To be echoed; to be sent back, as sound. "Common fame
• CONSTABLESS
  The wife of a constable.
• PROOTIC; PROOETIC
  In front of the auditory capsule; -- applied especially to a bone, or center of ossification, in the periotic capsule. -- n.
• AFFIX
  figere to fasten: cf. OE. affichen, F. afficher, ultimately fr. L. 1. To subjoin, annex, or add at the close or end; to append to; to fix to any part of; as, to affix a syllable to a word; to affix a seal to an instrument; to affix one's name to
• DEFIX
  To fix; to fasten; to establish. "To defix their princely seat . . . in that extreme province." Hakluyt.
• AFFIXION
  Affixture. T. Adams.
• SWEETROOT
  Licorice.
• BLOODROOT
  A plant , with a red root and red sap, and bearing a pretty, white flower in early spring; -- called also puccoon, redroot, bloodwort, tetterwort, turmeric, and Indian paint. It has acrid emetic properties, and the rootstock is used as a stimulant
• STONEROOT
  A North American plant having a very hard root; horse balm. See Horse balm, under Horse.
• PUTTYROOT
  An American orchidaceous plant which flowers in early summer. Its slender naked rootstock produces each year a solid corm, filled with exceedingly glutinous matter, which sends up later a single large oval evergreen plaited leaf. Called