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fortitude
Meaning: courage and strength in facing pain or adversity
fortitude in a sentence
How fortitude is used in real sentences:
She showed remarkable fortitude while recovering from her injury during training.
Stranded on the mountain overnight, the climbers relied on sheer fortitude to survive until the rescue team arrived.
“Others show fortitude by enduring difficult sittings, while fickle patrons demand frequent changes for no sound reason.”
— from the passage The Speaking Ground
Synonyms for fortitude
Other words for fortitude — resilience, courage and tenacity — carry the same meaning.
- resilience
- courage
- tenacity
Antonyms of fortitude
Words that mean the opposite of fortitude:
- cowardice
- weakness
- timidity
Where it comes from
From Latin fortitudo 'strength', from fortis 'strong'
Word parts
- fort — strength
fortitude: fort (strong) + -itude (state of) - -tude — turns an adjective into a noun naming a state or quality
fortitude: fort (strong) + -tude (state or quality)
Memory hook
FORT-itude — like a FORT, fortitude means standing strong against attack.