pluckiness


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Related to pluckiness: courageously, braveness, intrepidity

pluck·y

 (plŭk′ē)
adj. pluck·i·er, pluck·i·est
Having or showing courage and spirit in trying circumstances. See Synonyms at brave.

pluck′i·ly adv.
pluck′i·ness n.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.pluckiness - the trait of showing courage and determination in spite of possible loss or injury
fearlessness - the trait of feeling no fear
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pluckiness

noun
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Translations
شَجاعَه
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modighed
hugrekki

pluckiness

[ˈplʌkɪnɪs] N (= courage) → valor m, ánimo m; (= guts) → agallas fpl
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pluckiness

nUnerschrockenheit f, → Schneid m (inf)
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pluck

(plak) verb
1. to pull. She plucked a grey hair from her head; He plucked at my sleeve.
2. to pull the feathers off (a chicken etc) before cooking it.
3. to pick (flowers etc).
4. to pull hairs out of (eyebrows) in order to improve their shape.
5. to pull and let go (the strings of a musical instrument).
noun
courage He showed a lot of pluck.
ˈplucky adjective
courageous. a plucky young fellow.
ˈpluckily adverb
ˈpluckiness noun
pluck up (the) courage/energy etc
to gather up one's courage etc (to do something). She plucked up (the) courage to ask a question.
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References in periodicals archive ?
This is not pluckiness. Just like Hezbollah's Hassan Nasrallah during the 2006 conflict, the ayatollahs would flee into their underground bolt-holes, leaving long-suffering Iranians in the line of fire.
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You'd expect his love interest Truly Scrumptious to be a sugary and serene individual, and while Carrie Hope Fletcher was both of those, she also brought plenty of added vigour and pluckiness to the role.
Astra Et Luna and The Loxian Gates both have a beautiful pluckiness about them, with the latter demanding you sway in time to the beat.
Tip's pluckiness bounces off Oh's clumsiness in a variety of amusing ways, and many of the film's best moments come from Oh's butchering of the English language and complete lack of understanding of human emotions while Tip has to deal with his incompetence.
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Meanwhile Cousin Mimi displayed an abundance of pluckiness as she tackled the sack race.
But his sheltered upbringing has not prepared him for the squalor of the life he encounters; Istanbul is crawling with Iranians who have fled their homeland and many are charmed by his youth and pluckiness. The real heroes for Abbas, however, are the taxi driver who finds him somewhere to stay and the hotel owner who watches over him.
Magnanimous Tiny Tim, a young boy who uses a crutch and has an unspecified but serious illness in Charles Dickens' 1843 novella "A Christmas Carol," exemplifies PWD as an embodiment of pluckiness and as a catalyst for spiritual transformation (i.e., Scrooge's redemption).
*"Home Alone Forever,'' by Steve Subrizi: This Boston singer-songwriter's latest album is strange, off-kilter and, at times, a little heartbreaking, but the underlying pluckiness of the whole thing gives the album heart, and transforms it from something that could be terribly depressing into something that's endearing, that makes you want to root for Subrizi's hard-luck protaganist.