Crossword-Solution: SPUNKY
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Spunky | superl. | Full of spunk; quick; spirited. |
We have 15 clues for the answer “SPUNKY”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Courageous and determined | 1 answer |
| Courageous: Colloq. | 1 answer |
| Full of mettle | 1 answer |
| Spirited: Colloq. | 1 answer |
| gingery | 6 answers |
| Full of spirit | 10 answers |
| unfearful | 11 answers |
| manful | 16 answers |
| gutsy | 18 answers |
| Plucky | 20 answers |
| Intrepid | 31 answers |
| Valiant | 33 answers |
| Courageous | 53 answers |
| spirited | 84 answers |
| Game ___ | 137 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
EARTE
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with SPUNKY (5)
Father got sort of spunky at that, and he said it was mighty little that mattered most, that could be told about a Chicago lawyer; and mother had better caution Shelley to think more about her work, and write less of the man.
And now I desire to ask your worship, whether I may go home again?' 'Well, done, John,' replied his lordship, while I was panting with all this speech; 'I will go bail for thee, John, thou hast never made such a long speech before; and thou art a spunky Briton, or thou couldst not have made it now.
The spunky nature of Mr Hirple was certainly very disagreeable often to most of the council, especially when there was any difference of opinion; but then it was only a sort of flash, and at the vote he always, like a reasonable man, sided with the majority, and never after attempted to rip up a decision when it was once so settled.
Even though men like the gangsters are so worn down by hardship that they have no heart of rebellion, there remain three of the frailest for’ard who will not die, and who are as spunky as ever.
Most of the time mother is so spunky and gay you would never guess what she feels inside; but now and then some little thing is too much for her and we see under the surface.
Quotes with SPUNKY (3)
I’ve grown quite weary of the spunky heroines, brave rape victims, soul-searching fashionistas that stock so many books. I particularly mourn the lack of female villains — good, potent female villains. Not ill-tempered women who scheme about landing good men and better shoes (as if we had nothing more interesting to war over), not chilly WASP mothers (emotionally distant isn’t necessarily evil), not soapy vixens (merely bitchy doesn’t qualify either). I’m talking violent, wic…
Brock sighed. “Alright then, Spunky. I was thinking about life, I guess.” Spunky grunted. “In other words, you were thinking about a woman.” “I didn't say that — ” “No.” Spunky grinned knowingly. “But your face did.
When people think girl adventurers, they tend to think of a spunky, plucky tom-boy with a chip on her shoulder. I'm not saying that this makes for a dull character, but I think other types of adventurous girls exist. It's easy to fall into well-established tropes, believing that the tropes of a genre define the genre itself.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, NYT, USA TODAY.
Used 7 times in crossword archives (1955–2023).