There's nothing like close combat to test one's mettle.
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Mettle
//ˈmɛtəl//
Synonyms for "mettle" (117 found)
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4 entriesSynonyms
2 entriesderived
3 entriesetymologically related_to
1 entriesrelated to
8 entriesTranslations
40 translations across 17 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- معدن noun (a quality of endurance and courage)
Bulgarian
4 entries- издръжливост noun (a quality of endurance and courage)
- кураж noun (a quality of endurance and courage)
- темперамент noun (good temperament and character)
- характер noun (good temperament and character)
Catalan
3 entries- fermesa noun (a quality of endurance and courage)
- fermesa noun (good temperament and character)
- tremp noun (a quality of endurance and courage)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 膽魄 /胆魄 noun (a quality of endurance and courage)
Czech
3 entries- bojovnost noun (a quality of endurance and courage)
- odhodlání noun (a quality of endurance and courage)
- odvaha noun (a quality of endurance and courage)
Dutch
3 entries- karakter noun (good temperament and character)
- moed noun (a quality of endurance and courage)
- temperament noun (good temperament and character)
Faroese
4 entries- mót noun (a quality of endurance and courage)
- treyst noun (a quality of endurance and courage)
- ágrýtni noun (a quality of endurance and courage)
- áræði noun (a quality of endurance and courage)
Finnish
3 entries- lujahermoisuus noun (a quality of endurance and courage)
- rohkeus noun (a quality of endurance and courage)
- sopuisuus noun (good temperament and character)
French
1 entries- prouesse noun (a quality of endurance and courage)
German
4 entries- Eifer noun (a quality of endurance and courage)
- Enthusiasmus noun (a quality of endurance and courage)
- Feurigkeit noun (good temperament and character)
- Mut noun (a quality of endurance and courage)
Irish
1 entries- miotal noun (a quality of endurance and courage)
Marathi
1 entries- धैर्य noun (a quality of endurance and courage)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Iewa noun (a quality of endurance and courage)
Portuguese
1 entries- firmeza noun (a quality of endurance and courage)
Russian
3 entries- выно́сливость noun (a quality of endurance and courage)
- пыл noun (a quality of endurance and courage)
- рве́ние noun (a quality of endurance and courage)
Swedish
4 entries- eldighet noun (good temperament and character)
- karaktär noun (good temperament and character)
- kurage noun (a quality of endurance and courage)
- mod noun (a quality of endurance and courage)
Turkish
1 entries- azim noun (a quality of endurance and courage)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
Now, plans are in the works to create a new service that breeders can use to check their bees' mettle against this parasitic mite.
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She proved her mettle to her comrades with each challenge they faced together.
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I admire how she demonstrated her mettle in that difficult situation.
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