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Antonyms for mettle
Grammar : Noun |
Spell : met-l |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈmɛt l |
Definition of mettle
Origin :- 1580s, variant spelling of metal, both forms used interchangeably (by Shakespeare and others) in the literal sense and in the figurative one of "stuff of which a person is made" (1550s) until the spellings and senses diverged early 18c.
- noun boldness, strength of character
- They'll be on their mettle, the both of 'em, more 'specially Diablo.
- Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
- The assistant was on his mettle, and either failed or triumphed.
- Extract from : « Heroes of the Telegraph » by J. Munro
- This set me on my mettle, and I worked hard and with some success.
- Extract from : « Ranald Bannerman's Boyhood » by George MacDonald
- Yet you have heart and mettle, I believe, else you would not be here.'
- Extract from : « Micah Clarke » by Arthur Conan Doyle
- We think that it is a mistake to put our artists on their mettle in this way.
- Extract from : « Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, December 9, 1914 » by Various
- The old man, despite this unexpected fall, was just beginning to show his mettle.
- Extract from : « The Shadow of a Crime » by Hall Caine
- Equally true is it that he tests the mettle of those with him day by day.
- Extract from : « Hellenica » by Xenophon
- Now it was six to six and he knew the mettle of the three recruits that had joined the miners.
- Extract from : « A Waif of the Mountains » by Edward S. Ellis
- It put the British major on his mettle to keep pace with him.
- Extract from : « Camping with President Roosevelt » by John Burroughs
- I had now an opportunity of seeing what kind of mettle my friends were made of.
- Extract from : « Hair Breadth Escapes » by T. S. Arthur
Synonyms for mettle
- animation
- ardor
- backbone
- bravery
- caliber
- courage
- daring
- dauntlessness
- disposition
- energy
- fire
- force
- fortitude
- gallantry
- gameness
- grit
- guts
- hardihood
- heart
- indomitability
- kidney
- life
- makeup
- moxie
- nature
- nerve
- pluck
- quality
- resolution
- resolve
- spirit
- spunk
- stamina
- stamp
- starch
- temper
- temperament
- valor
- vigor
- vitality
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