The instant Haley touched the saddle, the mettlesome creature bounded from the earth with a sudden spring, that threw his master sprawling, some feet off, on the soft, dry turf.
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Mettlesome
/ˈmɛtəlsəm/
Synonyms for "mettlesome" (106 found)
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Closest matches (22)
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Related words (53)
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More general
2 entriescharacteristicpositive trait
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3 entriesCollocations
5 entriesmettlesome conductmettlesome determinationmettlesome leadershipmettlesome resolvemettlesome spirit
Inflections
2 entriesmore mettlesomemost mettlesome
Derivations
1 entriessimilar
3 entriesSample sentences
2 total sentences available.
Among them was the "West Country" driver, Swain, of Bude, over the Great Central, who reminded me irresistibly of a hunter putting a particularly mettlesome steed at the fences.
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