Thesaurus / spunky
FEEDBACKHow to use spunky in a sentence
Instead, I try to make anger seem spunky and charming and sexy.
EMILY RATAJKOWSKI: HOW I LEARNED TO LET GOEMILY RATAJKOWSKIOCTOBER 26, 2021TIMEIt’s always going to be tempting to feed the geese in the local pond and get up close with the spunky raccoons in your backyard.
HUMANS ARE PUSHING INTO ANIMALS’ HOMES, BUT NATURE IS AS REBELLIOUS AS EVERSARA KILEY WATSONSEPTEMBER 14, 2021POPULAR-SCIENCEIf all goes well, SpaceX will become the shuttle’s successor, filling a major gap in America’s spaceflight program in a coming-of-age moment for what was once a spunky start-up.
2021 COULD BE A HUGE YEAR FOR SPACE. HERE’S WHAT’S TO COME FROM NASA, ELON MUSK, RICHARD BRANSON AND JEFF BEZOS.CHRISTIAN DAVENPORTDECEMBER 30, 2020WASHINGTON POSTThat's Spunky Pete and no other,' says I, tumbling into my clothes and grabbing a lantern.
POPPEA OF THE POST-OFFICEMABEL OSGOOD WRIGHTSpunky Jack made no reply to this, but took the letter and sat down.
THE FOUR CORNERS IN JAPANAMY ELLA BLANCHARD"Spunky little sister," encouraged the elder girl, and helped the other to the seat.
THE PLOW-WOMANELEANOR GATESWORDS RELATED TO SPUNKY
- active
- alert
- animate
- animated
- ardent
- audacious
- avid
- bold
- bouncy
- brave
- bright
- burning
- chirpy
- courageous
- dauntless
- eager
- effervescent
- energetic
- enthusiastic
- fearless
- fiery
- full of life
- game
- gingery
- gritty
- gutsy
- high-spirited
- hot
- hyper
- intrepid
- jumping
- keen
- mettlesome
- nervy
- passionate
- peppery
- peppy
- plucky
- resolute
- rocking
- sharp
- snappy
- sparkling
- sprightly
- spunky
- vigorous
- zappy
- zealous
- zesty
- zingy
- zippy
- athletic
- bold
- bound
- bound and determined
- brave
- brawny
- brick-wall
- courageous
- daring
- dauntless
- dead set on
- dependable
- fearless
- forceful
- gutsy
- hanging tough
- hefty
- husky
- indomitable
- intrepid
- lusty
- muscular
- nervy
- powerhouse
- redoubtable
- robust
- rugged
- sinewy
- solid
- spunky
- staunch
- steamroller
- stout
- stouthearted
- strapping
- sturdy
- substantial
- tenacious
- tough
- unafraid
- undaunted
- valorous
- vigorous
- adamant
- bound
- clinging
- coherent
- cohesive
- determined
- dogged
- fast
- firm
- forceful
- inflexible
- intransigent
- iron
- meaning business
- mulish
- obdurate
- obstinate
- persevering
- persistent
- persisting
- pertinacious
- possessive
- purposeful
- relentless
- resolute
- retentive
- set
- solid
- spunky
- stalwart
- staunch
- steadfast
- stout
- strong-willed
- stubborn
- sturdy
- sure
- tight
- tough
- true
- unforgetful
- unshakable
- unswerving
- adventurous
- assertive
- audacious
- bold
- chivalrous
- courageous
- dauntless
- fearless
- fire-eating
- gallant
- game
- grand
- great
- gritty
- gutsy
- gutty
- heroic
- high-spirited
- indomitable
- intrepid
- lion-hearted
- magnanimous
- nervy
- noble
- plucky
- powerful
- puissant
- redoubtable
- self-reliant
- spunky
- stalwart
- steadfast
- stout
- stouthearted
- strong-willed
- unafraid
- undaunted
- undismayed
- valorous
- venturesome
- venturous
- vigorous
- worthy
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