Antonyms for guts


Grammar : Noun
Spell : guht
Phonetic Transcription : gÊŒt


Definition of guts

Origin :
  • "spirit, courage," 1893, figurative plural of gut (n.). The idea of the bowels as the seat of the spirit goes back to at least mid-14c.
  • noun nerve, boldness
Example sentences :
  • You let me hear of anybody else, and I'll cut the guts out of him!
  • Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
  • I could hear the little motors in his guts humming with joy as he booked Alex.
  • Extract from : « Arm of the Law » by Harry Harrison
  • One or the other of them would have to be left on the pavement, emptied of his guts like a rabbit.
  • Extract from : « L'Assommoir » by Emile Zola
  • I've got the guts, and I've got the money; and I don't sit still on it.
  • Extract from : « The Skin Game (Fourth Series Plays) » by John Galsworthy
  • I got my 'ead chipped like a egg; I've got pneumonia too, an' my guts is all out o' order.
  • Extract from : « Soldiers Three, Part II. » by Rudyard Kipling
  • He said: "None of the rest of them had the guts even to bring me the message, eh?"
  • Extract from : « Riders of the Silences » by John Frederick
  • The saying went in Goldbanks that he "had the guts" and could whip his weight in wildcats.
  • Extract from : « The Highgrader » by William MacLeod Raine
  • Shann offered the head and guts to Togi, who had abandoned the wasp nest.
  • Extract from : « Storm Over Warlock » by Andre Norton
  • Lefty was all guts now that I was hung up on the gun barrel.
  • Extract from : « Card Trick » by Walter Bupp AKA Randall Garrett
  • You've got an awful lot of grit, guts and determination, Steve.
  • Extract from : « Highways in Hiding » by George Oliver Smith

Synonyms for guts

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