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GUTSINESS

Dictionary entry overview: What does gutsiness mean?

• GUTSINESS (noun)
The noun GUTSINESS has 1 sense:

1. the trait of showing courage and determination in spite of possible loss or injury

Familiarity information: GUTSINESS used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• GUTSINESS (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

The trait of showing courage and determination in spite of possible loss or injury

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

gutsiness; pluck; pluckiness

Hypernyms ("gutsiness" is a kind of...):

fearlessness (the trait of feeling no fear)

Antonym:

gutlessness (the trait of lacking courage and determination; fearful of loss or injury)

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