Gutsy

3 definitions found

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

  gutsy \gutsy\ adj.
     1. marked by courage and determination in the face of
        difficulties or danger.
  
     Syn: courageous, plucky.
          [WordNet 1.5]


  
     2. rough or plain; not sophisticated or refined; earthy.
        Opposite of {sophisticated}, or {refined}.
  
     Syn: earthy, lusty, robust.
          [PJC] guttae

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  gutsy
       adj : marked by courage and determination in the face of
             difficulties or danger; robust and uninhibited; "you
             have to admire her; it was a gutsy thing to do"; "the
             gutsy...intensity of her musical involvement"-Judith
             Crist; "a gutsy red wine" [ant: {gutless}]
       [also: {gutsiest}, {gutsier}]

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

  82 Moby Thesaurus words for "gutsy":
     acid, beefy, biting, bold, bouncing, bulldoggish, corrosive,
     courageous, cutting, dauntless, doughty, driving, effective,
     forceful, forcible, forcy, full-blooded, full-strength, game, gamy,
     gritty, gutty, hale, hard, hard as nails, hardy, hearty, hefty,
     husky, imperative, impressive, incisive, intrepid, iron-hard,
     lusty, manful, manly, mettlesome, mighty, mordant, nervous, nervy,
     obstinate, penetrating, pertinacious, piercing, plucky, poignant,
     potent, powerful, puissant, punchy, red-blooded, resolute, robust,
     robustious, rugged, sensational, sinewed, sinewy, slashing,
     spirited, spiritful, spunky, stalwart, steely, stout, strapping,
     striking, strong, strong as brandy, strong as strong,
     strong-willed, sturdy, telling, tenacious, tough, trenchant,
     unfearful, valiant, vigorous, vital