adj
Meaning 1
Marked by mettle or bravery; courageous.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
mettlesome
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/ˈmɛtəlsəm/
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rhymes with -ɛtəlsəm
adjective satellite
Meaning 2
willing to face danger
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: game, gamy, gamey, gritty, spirited, spunky
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 3
having a proud and unbroken spirit
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From mettle + -some.
Across languages
Translations
10 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: смел (smel) — of great mettle
- Bulgarian: храбър (hrabǎr) — of great mettle
- Finnish: lujahermoinen — of great mettle
- Finnish: rautainen — of great mettle
- French: preux — of great mettle
- German: mutig — of great mettle
- Irish: faghartha — of great mettle
- Portuguese: brioso — of great mettle
- Spanish: animoso — of great mettle
- Spanish: brioso — of great mettle