Mettlesome

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Mettlesome \Met"tle*some\, a.
     Full of spirit; possessing constitutional ardor; fiery; as, a
     mettlesome horse.
     [1913 Webster] -- {Met"tle*some*ly}, adv. --
     {Met"tle*some*ness}, n.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  mettlesome
       adj 1: having a proud and unbroken spirit
       2: willing to face danger [syn: {game}, {gamy}, {gamey}, {gritty},
           {spirited}, {spunky}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  82 Moby Thesaurus words for "mettlesome":
     active, acute, aggressive, agitable, animated, beany, brisk,
     bulldoggish, courageous, dauntless, dynamic, edgy, emotional,
     emotionally unstable, energetic, enterprising, enthusiastic,
     eruptive, excitable, explosive, fiery, forceful, forcible,
     full of pep, game, gamy, go-go, gritty, gutsy, gutty, hearty,
     high-mettled, high-spirited, high-strung, highly emotional,
     impetuous, incisive, inflammable, intense, irascible, irritable,
     keen, kinetic, lively, living, lusty, nervous, nervy, peppery,
     peppy, pertinacious, perturbable, plucky, prickly, red-blooded,
     resolute, robust, sensitive, skittish, smacking, snappy, spanking,
     spirited, spiritful, spunky, startlish, strenuous, strong,
     take-charge, take-over, tenacious, touchy, tough, trenchant,
     vibrant, vigorous, vivacious, vivid, volcanic, zestful, zesty,
     zippy