gutsier; gutsiest
1
: marked by courage, pluck, or determination
a gutsy little fighter
a gutsy decision
2
a
: expressing or characterized by basic physical senses or passions
gutsy macho talk
gutsy country blues
b
: rough or plain in style : not bland or sophisticated
a gutsy soup
gutsiness
noun
Examples of gutsy in a Sentence
That was a very gutsy decision.
a gutsy coach willing to let her team improvise on the court
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Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2025
Suddenly, after such a gutsy fight, any hope of USC’s season surviving had slipped away in a 76-71 loss to Purdue.
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Stan’s gutsy subversion of his looks won him the Silver Bear for leading performance at last year’s Berlin International Film Festival and the Golden Globe for acting in a comedy or musical last month.
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Daniel Levin had a keen eye for underappreciated property in Chicago and in 50 years as a real estate developer forged new ground in making sometimes-gutsy calls to build large projects in areas of the city that hadn’t attracted much development.
—Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 10 Feb. 2025
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Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2025
Suddenly, after such a gutsy fight, any hope of USC’s season surviving had slipped away in a 76-71 loss to Purdue.
—Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 14 Mar. 2025
Stan’s gutsy subversion of his looks won him the Silver Bear for leading performance at last year’s Berlin International Film Festival and the Golden Globe for acting in a comedy or musical last month.
—Marc Tracy, New York Times, 12 Feb. 2025
Daniel Levin had a keen eye for underappreciated property in Chicago and in 50 years as a real estate developer forged new ground in making sometimes-gutsy calls to build large projects in areas of the city that hadn’t attracted much development.
—Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 10 Feb. 2025
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“Gutsy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gutsy. Accessed 21 Apr. 2025.
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gutsy
adjective
gutsier; gutsiest
: aggressively tough : courageous
a gutsy decision
a gutsy hockey player
gutsiness
noun
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