gutsy
Adjective
- Showing courage, determination, or boldness.
- marked by courage and determination in the face of difficulties or danger; robust and uninhibited; ; -Judith Crist
- "you have to admire her; it was a gutsy thing to do"
- "the gutsy...intensity of her musical involvement"
- "a gutsy red wine"
Adj
- Marked by courage, determination or boldness in the face of difficulties or danger; having guts.
- From the gut; deep and often coarse.
Examples
- That was a gutsy play, using both bonus squares and a tricky consonant blend.
Origin / Etymology
From guts + -y.
Synonyms
plucky, adventurous, aweless, bad, bold, brass-balled, brave, chivalrous, courageous, daredevil, daring, dauntless, doughty, fearless, fortitudinous, gallant, gutsy, hardy, heroic, intrepid, lionhearted, orped, stalwart, stalworth, stouthearted, unafraid, undaunted, valiant, valorous, venturesome
Antonyms
Scrabble Score: 9
gutsy: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordgutsy: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
gutsy: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary