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spunkiness

NOUN

courage

Synonyms

WEAK

adventuresomeness adventurousness audacity backbone braveness bravery bravura courageousness daring dash dauntlessness determination doughtiness endurance enterprise fearlessness firmness fortitude gallantry gameness grit guts hardihood heart heroism intrepidity intrepidness lion-heartedness mettle nerve pluck pluckiness power prowess pugnacity rashness recklessness resolution spirit spunk stoutheartedness temerity tenacity undauntedness valiance valiancy valiantness valor venturesomeness élan

Example Sentences

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Reid says, “Besides Riley’s spunkiness and sass, I loved the care she has for Ellie.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 21, 2023

Really, though, between Johansson’s appealing groundedness, Bell’s hard-working aggression, Glazer’s woker-than-thou spunkiness and Kravitz’s playful allure, the casting is frankly the least of the movie’s problems.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 15, 2017

If its heroine, despite her spunkiness, is a little milquetoasty, at least she doesn’t pine for a guy—though how dumb is it that in 2016 we still have to compliment a kids’ movie for that?

From Slate • Nov. 21, 2016

This formal world on the edge of transition is the perfect context for Helena, a warring mix of servility and spunkiness, whom George Bernard Shaw saw as a precursor to Ibsen’s New Woman.

From New York Times • Jun. 26, 2011

"It's been a very fluid and interesting week," she says, with a spunkiness only partly masked by exhaustion.

From Time Magazine Archive