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Mettlesome definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

MET'TLESOME, a. Full of spirit; possessing constitutional ardor; brisk; fiery; as a mettlesome horse.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

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

Merriam Webster's

adjective Date: 1662 full of mettle ; spirited

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Mettlesome Met"tle*some, a. Full of spirit; possessing constitutional ardor; fiery; as, a mettlesome horse. -- Met"tle*some*ly, adv. -- Met"tle*some*ness, n.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. Spirited, ardent, fiery, lively, gay, brisk, sprightly, courageous, high-spirited.

1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue

Bold, courageous.

Moby Thesaurus

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