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Synonyms for mettlesome


Grammar : Adj
Spell : met-l-suh m
Phonetic Transcription : ˈmɛt l səm



Définition of mettlesome

Origin :
  • 1660s, from mettle + -some (1).
  • adj brave
Example sentences :
  • Similarly, she indulged a mettlesome fancy for referring to her hostess as "dear Abigail."
  • Extract from : « Nobody » by Louis Joseph Vance
  • The horse was mettlesome enough to require all her attention.
  • Extract from : « Sir Brook Fossbrooke, Volume I. » by Charles James Lever
  • You study its moods and its ways as those of a mettlesome horse.
  • Extract from : « The Book of the National Parks » by Robert Sterling Yard
  • Quesada selected the most mettlesome and leaped into the deep saddle.
  • Extract from : « The Wolf Cub » by Patrick Casey
  • Her coachman had all he could do to control her mettlesome span of Spanish mares.
  • Extract from : « The Unwilling Vestal » by Edward Lucas White
  • I knew her for a mettlesome filly the first time I ever clapped eyes on her.
  • Extract from : « The White Blackbird » by Hudson Douglas
  • It was one of the most mettlesome and shapely mounts I had ever had the pleasure to view.
  • Extract from : « A Volunteer with Pike » by Robert Ames Bennet
  • A good face--unsophisticated, but intelligent, mettlesome and honest.
  • Extract from : « The Grandissimes » by George Washington Cable
  • He was riding a sweat-covered, mettlesome black with a rolling eye.
  • Extract from : « The Killer » by Stewart Edward White
  • She looked in perfect condition--sleek, mettlesome, strong, and beautiful.
  • Extract from : « Tom Tufton's Travels » by Evelyn Everett-Green

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