gutless
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Definition of gutless
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Synonyms & Antonyms for gutless
Synonyms
chicken, chicken-livered, chickenhearted, cowardly, craven, dastardly, lily-livered, milk-livered [archaic], poltroon, pusillanimous, recreant, spineless, unheroic, yellow
Antonyms
brave, courageous, daring, dauntless, doughty, fearless, gallant, greathearted, gutsy, hardy, heroic (also heroical), intrepid, lionhearted, stalwart, stout, stouthearted, valiant, valorous
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The waves at Inch were ideal for first-timers, but too gutless and small for our purposes. — New York Times, "Chasing Waves on Ireland’s Wild Atlantic Way," 12 Aug. 2019 For conservatives relishing repeal of ObamaCare, the GOP looked gutless and dysfunctional after seven years of promising to fix health insurance problems. — WSJ, "John McCain and the GOP Loss of the House," 13 Nov. 2018 Now, after another preventable national tragedy, too many Republicans are similarly mealy-mouthed, too gutless to even name the problems facing America (white supremacy, guns), let alone try to solve them. — Jill Filipovic, Cosmopolitan, "Republican Lawmakers Are Human Shrug Emojis," 27 Feb. 2018 Basic message: Wagner, savior of children; Wolf, gutless trash. — John Baer, Philly.com, "Wagner and Wolf reach back to push forward | John Baer," 27 Feb. 2018 Why would anyone devote her life to a brainless, spineless, gutless group of parasites? — Sarah Kaplan, Washington Post, "Tapeworms are brainless, spineless, gutless parasites — and this scientist loves them," 2 Jan. 2018 But, unlike many of the mindless, gutless science-y blockbusters that dominate the studio system, these sci-fi flicks will lodge in your brain. — Jason Silverman, WIRED, "Best Shoestring Sci-Fi of 2006," 28 Dec. 2006 The former makes the car feel utterly gutless, the latter has the petrol engine revving too hard and often. — Alun Taylor, Ars Technica, "Review: The Toyota C-HR Hybrid is a mass-market vehicle with panache," 20 June 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'gutless.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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gutless
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