spunky

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adjective

Having or showing courage: audacious, bold, brave, courageous, dauntless, doughty, fearless, fortitudinous, gallant, game, hardy, heroic, intrepid, mettlesome, plucky, stout, stouthearted, unafraid, undaunted, valiant, valorous. Slang gutsy, gutty. See fear/courage.

A name for the Will-o'-the-Wisp in some areas, for example Lowland Scotland and Somerset, from a dialect word for a spark. In Somerset, spunkies were thought to be the souls of unbaptized children doomed to wander the earth till Judgement Day (Tongue, 1965: 93-5).

Scot.  ignis fatuus

For a list of words related to spunky, see:

• Strong, Bold, or Tough

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See words rhyming with "spunky."

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - rask, livlig, arrig, vred, modig

Nederlands (Dutch)
levendig, vol lef

Français (French)
adj. - plein d'audace, plein de cran

Deutsch (German)
adj. - mutig

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - (καθομ.) ψυχωμένος, θαρραλέος

Italiano (Italian)
coraggioso

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - corajoso

Русский (Russian)
смелый, вспыльчивый, горячий, раздражительный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - valiente, arrojado

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - modig, livlig, hetsig, fnöskartad, fnöskliknande

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
有精神的, 容易发怒的, 生气蓬勃的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 有精神的, 容易發怒的, 生氣蓬勃的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 씩씩한, 용감한, 화 잘 내는

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 血気盛んな, 勇敢な, 活気のある, 短気な

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) شجاع, مقدام‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮אמיץ, מושך מינית (עגה, אוסטרל.)‬

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