pluckiness

noun

Definition of pluckinessnext
as in fortitude

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pluckiness
  1. fortitude
  2. grit
  3. gumption
  4. spunk
  5. mettle
  6. courage
  7. heroism
  8. pluck
Noun
  • Despite his mental fortitude, Leroy isn’t a physical match for Tony.
    Emma Sharpe, Vulture, 21 Aug. 2024
  • European leaders are backing Ukraine as a matter of self-defense, and for Harris to stand arm in arm with them would demonstrate far more fortitude than Trump.
    Linda Robinson, Foreign Affairs, 31 Oct. 2024
Definition of fortitude
Noun
  • Her performance becomes a celebration of not just her talent, but the grit and heart that have defined her journey.
    Walaa Elsiddig, Billboard, 21 Nov. 2024
  • The new term for this is grit, but it's also called discipline and persistence.
    Michael Brainard, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
Definition of grit
Noun
  • The first-time leading lady, who has cerebral palsy herself, instills her character with effervescence, gumption and a winning, earnest sincerity.
    Courtney Howard, Variety, 27 Nov. 2024
  • In this mix of home-invasion terror and slasher picture, Kate Siegel puts a different spin on the usual horror heroine as an author unable to hear or speak but who has plenty of gumption when she's stalked in her home by a masked killer. 66.
    Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 25 Oct. 2024
Definition of gumption
Noun
  • Recently headlining Afropunk New York 2024, the singer has yet to lose her spunk.
    Essence, Essence, 18 Oct. 2024
  • Paul Robeson was called all of the above, in addition to the more familiar slurs applied to a Black man who showed a little spunk in a Jim Crow culture.
    Thomas Doherty, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Oct. 2024
Definition of spunk
Noun
  • But as with all slashers worth their mettle, Richard rises from his watery grave (baby Jason Voorhees style) and tries to pounce on Iris, who grabs the gun and fires several shots.
    Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 29 Oct. 2024
  • Musk, whose growing political apparatus has already proved its mettle, will gain more than just an ally in the White House.
    Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 6 Nov. 2024
Definition of mettle
Noun
  • Or in absorbing Laurie Anderson’s mesmerizing Amelia — her beauteous, immediate, dreaming of a woman whose courage took her into the void, and history.
    Matt Thompson, SPIN, 28 Nov. 2024
  • This will require not only military readiness but also political courage and an understanding that security cannot be outsourced to international mechanisms or be contingent on the goodwill of others.
    Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 27 Nov. 2024
Definition of courage
Noun
  • With the possible exception of one act of heroism late in the film, none of the animals are anthropomorphized.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 20 Nov. 2024
  • Few organizations in America received the kind of attention Eisner lavished on the DFD, and his photos showed both the heroism of the firefighters and the misery of the Motor City burning.
    Bill McGraw, Detroit Free Press, 7 Nov. 2024
Definition of heroism
Noun
  • The opening acoustic guitar plucks get plenty of low and low-mid resonance, while strong treble response gives a clear, crisp string texture.
    PCMAG, PCMAG, 12 Nov. 2024
  • The movie is full of humor and pluck, but nothing emotionally gut-wrenching.
    Jason Parham, WIRED, 15 Aug. 2018
Definition of pluck
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