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Mettle

Mettle Meaning & Definition
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.

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