plucky

Speech parts

1. plucky - Adjective

3. plucky - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Having pluck or courage; characterized by pluck; displaying pluck; courageous; spirited; as, a plucky race.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

spunky feisty gutsy hardy doughty dauntless gallant manly valiant undaunted daredevil game intrepid determined composed
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Antonyms

fig tree chicken coward yellow nervous afraid
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Phrases with the word

plucky underdog plucky underdogs plucky person

Derivatives

pluckier pluckiest

Examples

There's been about 75 movies about Jesse James, and I've seen about four of them. He's usually portrayed as this plucky rebel who's got no choice but to turn to crime, because the railway's hassling his mother. But he wasn't like that. Andrew Dominik

the champion is faced with a feisty challenger Source: Internet

you have to admire her; it was a gutsy thing to do Source: Internet

the gutsy...intensity of her musical involvement Source: Internet

a gutsy red wine Source: Internet

As a horror-tinged superhero movie, plenty of fans were already looking forward to Josh Boone's film, but the ensuing fight to get the film released has nurtured a sense goodwill against this plucky cinematic underdog that refuses to die. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

plucklessness Pluckley Pluckrose plucky person plucky underdog plucky underdogs