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gutsy

adj · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ˈɡʌt.si/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ʌtsi
  • CMU ARPABET: G AH1 T S IY1 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Marked by courage, determination or boldness in the face of difficulties or danger; having guts.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: informal

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: bold, brave, hardy, adventurous, mettlesome, aweless, bad, brass-balled, chivalrous, courageous, daredevil, daring, dauntless, doughty, fearless, fortitudinous, gallant, gutsy, heroic, intrepid, lionhearted, orped, plucky, stalwart, stalworth, stouthearted, unafraid, undaunted, valiant, valorous, venturesome

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

From the gut; deep and often coarse.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adjective

Meaning 3

marked by courage and determination in the face of difficulties or danger; robust and uninhibited-Judith Crist

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • you have to admire her; it was a gutsy thing to do
  • the gutsy...intensity of her musical involvement
  • a gutsy red wine

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: plucky

Antonyms: gutless

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English guts Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English gutsy From guts + -y.

Across languages

Translations

24 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: coratjós — marked by courage
  • Catalan: atrevit — marked by courage
  • Czech: kurážný — marked by courage
  • Finnish: sisukas — marked by courage
  • Finnish: topakka — marked by courage
  • German: mutig — marked by courage
  • German: schneidig — marked by courage
  • German: beherzt — marked by courage
  • Hungarian: merész — marked by courage
  • Hungarian: bátor — marked by courage
  • Hungarian: eltökélt — marked by courage
  • Indonesian: bernyali — marked by courage
  • Romanian: temerar — marked by courage
  • Russian: реши́тельный (rešítelʹnyj) — marked by courage
  • Russian: му́жественный (múžestvennyj) — marked by courage
  • Russian: целеустремлённый (celeustremljónnyj) — marked by courage
  • Serbo-Croatian: куражан — marked by courage
  • Serbo-Croatian: одважан — marked by courage
  • Serbo-Croatian: мудат — marked by courage
  • Slovak: odvážny — marked by courage
  • Slovak: nebojácny — marked by courage
  • Slovak: odhodlaný — marked by courage
  • Spanish: visceral — marked by courage
  • Spanish: corajudo — marked by courage