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Mettle

Mettle Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Mettle? [n] the courage to carry on; "he kept fighting on pure spunk"; "you haven't got the heart for baseball" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Mettle: heart \| nerve \| spunk Related Terms \| Find terms related to Mettle: activity \| animation \| animus \| aptitude \| ardor \| backbone \| bent \| bias \| bottom \| brio \| briskness \| cast \| character \| chutzpah \| constitution \| courage \| dauntlessness \| diathesis \| disposition \| eccentricity \| elan \| enthusiasm \| gameness \| glow \| grain \| grit \| gusto \| guts \| gutsiness \| guttiness \| heart \| heart of oak \| idiosyncrasy \| impetuosity \| impetus \| inclination \| individualism \| intestinal fortitude \| joie de vivre \| kidney \| leaning \| life \| liveliness \| lustiness \| make \| makeup \| mental set \| mettlesomeness \| mind \| mind-set \| mold \| moxie \| nature \| nerve \| perkiness \| pertness \| pith \| pluck \| pluckiness \| predilection \| predisposition \| preference \| proclivity \| propensity \| resolution \| robustness \| set \| slant \| spirit \| spiritedness \| spunk \| spunkiness \| stamina \| stamp \| stout heart \| strain \| streak \| stripe \| temper \| temperament \| tendency \| toughness \| true grit \| turn \| turn of mind \| twist \| type \| vivacity \| warmth \| warp \| zest \| zestfulness See Also \| bravery \| courage \| courageousness Mettle In Webster's Dictionary \Met"tle\, n. [E. metal, used in a tropical sense in allusion to the temper of the metal of a sword blade. See {Metal}.] Substance or quality of temperament; spirit, esp. as regards honor, courage, fortitude, ardor, etc.; disposition; -- usually in a good sense. A certain critical hour which shall . . . try what mettle his heart is made of. --South. Gentlemen of brave mettle. --Shak. The winged courser, like a generous horse, Shows most true mettle when you check his course. --Pope. {To put one one's mettle}, to cause or incite one to use one's best efforts.

Mettle Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Mettle?

[n] the courage to carry on; "he kept fighting on pure spunk"; "you haven't got the heart for baseball"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Mettle: heart | nerve | spunk

See Also | bravery | courage | courageousness

Mettle In Webster's Dictionary

\Met"tle\, n. [E. metal, used in a tropical sense in
allusion to the temper of the metal of a sword blade. See
{Metal}.]
Substance or quality of temperament; spirit, esp. as regards
honor, courage, fortitude, ardor, etc.; disposition; --
usually in a good sense.

      A certain critical hour which shall . . . try what
      mettle his heart is made of.             --South.

      Gentlemen of brave mettle.               --Shak.

      The winged courser, like a generous horse, Shows most
      true mettle when you check his course.   --Pope.

{To put one one's mettle}, to cause or incite one to use
   one's best efforts.

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