guts

Speech parts

1. guts - Noun

2. guts - Verb

Meaning

fortitude and determination

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

moxie sand backbone gumption grit cooter sands fortitude manliness spunk ball heart core resolution spirit
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Antonyms

malay blues chemistry vertigo care fear
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Hypernyms

fortitude

Phrases with the word

black as a dog's guts work one's guts out have someone's guts for garters hate someone's guts sweat one's guts out drop one's guts

Anagrams

gust

Examples

I hate the idea of causes, and if I had to choose between betraying my country and betraying my friend, I hope I should have the guts to betray my country. E. M. Forster

I loathe people who keep dogs. They are cowards who haven't got the guts to bite people themselves. August Strindberg

Most of the people who get sent to die in wars are young men who've got a lot of energy and would probably rather, in a better world, be putting that energy into copulation rather than going over there and blowing some other young man's guts out. Alan Moore

Keep your own fish guts for your own sea maws. Latin Proverb

Let the guts be full, for it is they that carry the legs. Portuguese Proverb

Your een's greedier than your guts. English Proverb

Close letter words and terms

gutoxon Gutridge gutrot guts out gutsful Gutshall