mettle

Meaning of mettle

noun
  1. a person's ability to cope well with difficulties; spirit and resilience.
    the team showed their true mettle in the second half

mid 16th century: specialized spelling (used for figurative senses) of metal.

Information about mettle

  • It is a name.
  • The plural form of mettle is: mettles.
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Hyphenation of mettle

met-tle

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 6 chars.
  • mettle is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

mettle synonyms

Meaning heart:

heart, nerve, spunk

Meaning the quality of courage, energy, and determination:

spirit

Meaning courage in pain or adversity:

fortitude

Meaning the quality or fact of being able to grip something firmly; grip:

tenacity

Meaning a hard, strong grey or bluish-grey alloy of iron with carbon and usually other elements, used as a structural and fabricating material:

steel

Meaning the quality of being determined; firmness of purpose:

determination

Meaning firm determination to do something:

resolve

Meaning a firm decision to do or not to do something:

resolution

Meaning the quality of being resolutely or dutifully firm and unwavering:

steadfastness

Meaning strength of character:

backbone

Meaning boldness; daring:

hardihood

Meaning spirited and determined courage:

pluck

Meaning strength in the face of pain or grief:

courage

Meaning courageous behaviour or character:

bravery

Meaning courageous behaviour, especially in battle:

gallantry

Meaning lack of fear:

fearlessness

Meaning willingness to take risks and act innovatively; confidence or courage:

boldness

Meaning adventurous courage:

daring

Meaning a willingness to take bold risks:

audacity

Meaning personal courage and determination; toughness of character:

guts

Meaning courage and resolve; strength of character:

grit

Meaning the courage or confidence needed to do something difficult or dangerous:

bottle

Meaning the mental and moral qualities distinctive to an individual:

character

Meaning a person's inherent qualities of mind and character:

disposition

Meaning the phenomena of the physical world collectively, including plants, animals, the landscape, and other features and products of the earth, as opposed to humans or human creations:

nature

Meaning a person's or animal's nature, especially as it permanently affects their behaviour:

temperament

Meaning a person's state of mind seen in terms of their being angry or calm:

temper

Meaning the combination of characteristics or qualities that form an individual's distinctive character:

personality

Meaning an instrument for stamping a pattern or mark, in particular an engraved or inked block or die:

stamp

Meaning a group of people or things having similar characteristics:

kind

Meaning a category of things or people with a common feature; a type:

sort

Meaning the quality or state of being different or diverse; the absence of uniformity or monotony:

variety

Meaning a distinctive and typical style, form, or character:

mould

Meaning each of a pair of organs in the abdominal cavity of mammals, birds, and reptiles, that excrete urine:

kidney

Meaning wheat or any other cultivated cereal used as food:

grain

Words that rhyme with mettle

Battle, Seattle, attle, battle, berattle, brattle, cattle, disembattle, embattle, nattle, overbattle, pattle, prattle, prebattle, probattle, rattle, retattle, sattle, scrattle, seattle, spattle, sprattle, squattle, swattle, tattle, trattle, twattle, wattle, Nettle, Settle, benettle, dissettle, ettle, fettle, foresettle, kettle, langsettle, nettle, oversettle, pettle, presettle, resettle, settle, spettle, teakettle, undersettle, unmettle, unsettle, Doolittle, Gittle

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