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spunky
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective spunky has 2 senses
- spunky(s = adj.all) feisty, plucky - showing courage; "the champion is faced with a feisty challenger" Derived form noun spunk2
- spunky(s = adj.all) game, gamey, gamy, gritty, mettlesome, spirited - willing to face danger; Array Derived form noun spunk2
OXFORD DICTIONARY
spunky, adj. (spunkier, spunkiest) colloq. brave, spirited.
Derivative
spunkily adv.
THESAURUS
spunky
beany, bold, bulldoggish, combustible, courageous, dauntless, doughty, explosive, fearless, fiery, game, gamy, gritty, gutsy, gutty, hasty, high-spirited, hot, hot-tempered, hotheaded, mettlesome, nervy, passionate, peppery, pertinacious, plucky, quick, quick-tempered, red-blooded, resolute, short-tempered, spirited, spiritful, tenacious, tough, unfearing, volcanic
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