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Another word for mettle

mettle Synonyms

mettle

n.

Spirit
animation, energy, spunk; see force 3, life 1, vitality.
Hardihood
stamina, bravery, pluck; see courage 1, strength 1.

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Another word for mettle

noun

The quality of mind enabling one to face danger or hardship resolutely:

braveness, bravery, courage, courageousness, dauntlessness, doughtiness, fearlessness, fortitude, gallantry, gameness, heart, intrepidity, intrepidness, nerve, pluck, pluckiness, spirit, stoutheartedness, undauntedness, valiance, valiancy, valiantness, valor. (Informal) spunk, spunkiness. (Slang) gut (used in plural), gutsiness, moxie. See fear

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Lana didn't have the mettle to survive the way he knew how.
The cause slumbered, till in1742-1743the outbreak of wars with France and Spain gave Prince Charles a chance of showing his mettle.
He suspected it was because the same mettle lining Dusty's backbone lined hers.
Determined that in this first battle against a white nation they would show their mettle, the Japanese lavished both time and forethought on the minutest preparations.
An observer of very different mettle, the great lawyer d'Aguesseau, dwells on the "noble singularity, that gave him an almost prophetic air.

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