gutsy
/ˈɡʌt.si/
gutsy adjective: marked by courage, determination or boldness in the face of difficulties or danger; having guts.
Adjective
gutsy (comparative gutsier, superlative gutsiest)
- Marked by courage, determination or boldness in the face of difficulties or danger; having guts.
- Synonyms:
- bold, brave, hardy, adventurous, mettlesome, aweless, bad, brass-balled, chivalrous, courageous
- From the gut; deep and often coarse.
- Album release show for Cline's "S*&%ferbrains! Vol One Chapter 9." The singer and guitarist has a gutsy voice, both rustic and soulful lending itself well to country, punk, bluegrass, soul and rock.2019 April 26, Brian Tucker, “Live music: 7 Wilmington shows to see, May 2-5”, in Star News Online
gutsy meaning in Bengali, Malayalam and Indonesian
gutsy in Bengali
- অসুবিধা, বিপদের মুখে সাহস, দৃঢ় সংকল্প, নির্ভীকতা দ্বারা চিহ্নিত, সাহসী, গভীর এবং প্রায়ই কর্কশ
gutsy in Malayalam
- bold, brave, courageous
- ഉശിരുള്ള, പൗരുഷ, ചുണയുള്ള, ചുണയും നിശ്ചയദാർഢ്യവുുള്ള, വീരനായ, ശൂരനായ
gutsy in Indonesian
- marked by courage
- bernyali
Synonyms of gutsy
20 more synonymsFewer synonyms
Forms of gutsy
| comparative | gutsier |
|---|---|
| superlative | gutsiest |
Origin of gutsy
From guts + -y.
Words formed from gutsy
Words that rhyme with gutsy
Questions about gutsy
- What does gutsy mean?
- Gutsy means marked by courage, determination or boldness in the face of difficulties or danger; having guts.
- What is gutsy in Bengali?
- Gutsy in Bengali is অসুবিধা, বিপদের মুখে সাহস, দৃঢ় সংকল্প. See Gutsy meaning in Bengali.
- What part of speech is gutsy?
- Gutsy is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce gutsy?
- Gutsy is pronounced /ˈɡʌt.si/ (UK).
Words near gutsy in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: gutsy (page history and authors); gutsy (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); gutsy (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
Last updated:
Pronunciation audio from Wikimedia Commons, each file under its own free license: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-gutsy.wav.
Cite this entry: “gutsy.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/gutsy. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.