- High-mettled
- High-mettled High"-met`tled, a. Having abundance of mettle; ardent; full of fire; as, a high-mettled steed. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
High-mettled
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high-mettled — highˈ mettˈled adjective High spirited, fiery • • • Main Entry: ↑high … Useful english dictionary
high-mettled — a. 1. Fiery, spirited. 2. Ardent, high spirited, proud, quick, fiery, intense, excitable. See high strung, 2 … New dictionary of synonyms
mettled — |med.əld, etəld adjective 1. obsolete : mettlesome 2. : having (such) a mettle usually used in combination muddy mettled high mettled … Useful english dictionary
high spirited — Synonyms and related words: agitable, arch, beany, brash, devilish, ebullient, edgy, effervescent, elfish, elvish, emotional, emotionally unstable, eruptive, excitable, explosive, fiery, foolish, full of mischief, high mettled, high strung,… … Moby Thesaurus
high strung — Synonyms and related words: agitable, all nerves, apprehensive, edgy, emotional, emotionally unstable, eruptive, excitable, explosive, fearful, fidgety, frightened, goosey, high mettled, high spirited, highly emotional, hypersensitive,… … Moby Thesaurus
high-spirited — a. 1. Spirited, bold, daring. See high mettled. 2. Proud, high strung … New dictionary of synonyms
Mettled — Met tled, a. Having mettle; high spirited; ardent; full of fire. Addison. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Pride — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Pride >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 dignity dignity self respect mens sibi conscia recti =>(Vergil) GRP: N 2 Sgm: N 2 pride pride Sgm: N 2 haughtiness haughtiness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 2 high not … English dictionary for students
explosive — Synonyms and related words: Ballistite, TNT, agitable, alarming, allophone, alveolar, anxious, apico alveolar, apico dental, articulation, aspiration, assimilation, bad, banging, bilabial, blasting, bursting, cacuminal, cellulose nitrate,… … Moby Thesaurus
edgy — Synonyms and related words: agitable, all nerves, antsy, antsy pantsy, anxious, apprehensive, breathless, chafing, combustible, eager, emotional, emotionally unstable, eruptive, excitable, excited, explosive, fearful, fretful, fretting,… … Moby Thesaurus
