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Synonyms for spunk
spʌŋkspunk
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Princeton's WordNet
kindling, tinder, touchwood, spunk, punknoun
material for starting a fire
Synonyms:
hoodlum, firing, goon, lighting, tinder, hood, mettle, ignition, strong-armer, heart, toughie, tough, punk rock, kindling, inflammation, punk, thug, punk rocker, nerve, touchwoodheart, mettle, nerve, spunknoun
the courage to carry on
"he kept fighting on pure spunk"; "you haven't got the heart for baseball"
Synonyms:
affection, affectionateness, substance, brass, punk, philia, nervus, meat, tinder, centre, cheek, center, tenderness, kindling, core, marrow, sum, nerve, ticker, nub, kernel, nitty-gritty, spirit, gist, warmness, inwardness, pith, heart, bosom, pump, essence, face, mettle, warmheartedness, heart and soul, touchwood, fondness, boldness, eye, middle
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Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#216 | center | |
#824 | centre | |
#889 | heart | |
#973 | face | |
#1141 | middle | |
#1566 | eye | |
#1617 | core | |
#2181 | spirit | |
#2344 | lighting | |
#3505 | kernel | |
#3601 | sum | |
#3877 | pump | |
#4041 | meat | |
#4308 | substance | |
#4731 | brass | |
#4924 | tough | |
#5312 | punk | |
#5740 | hood | |
#7805 | essence | |
#8377 | nerve | |
#11298 | firing | |
#12154 | ignition | |
#12558 | ticker | |
#13853 | inflammation | |
#14560 | marrow | |
#14743 | cheek | |
#15988 | affection | |
#19988 | thug | |
#22757 | grit | |
#26713 | tenderness | |
#32051 | bosom | |
#32803 | gist | |
#44610 | spunk | |
#44866 | moxie | |
#47189 | goon | |
#48084 | fondness | |
#51703 | boldness | |
#55935 | kindling | |
#65586 | mettle | |
#69995 | pith | |
#70251 | nub | |
#77910 | hoodlum | |
#91785 | tinder | |
#194780 | philia | |
#218801 | touchwood | |
#236136 | toughie | |
#244606 | inwardness | |
#315244 | warmness |
How to use spunk in a sentence?
She told them, ‘Just glue me back together,’ it’s kind of a testament to her sassiness, her attitude, her spunk. She is a very adventurous child. For her to crack a joke and have that type of human moment was big. My sister and I both kind of chuckled. We thought that was funny.
She had charm. She was sweet a little bit of spunk and very open-minded, she always worked hard. She really put her heart into everything she did and was very determined to make people happy.
She was 97, but she was not done, she had spunk.
She's a fighter, and she is full of spunk, and she just has the best attitude, and I think everybody could learn something from this 3-year old.
Translations for spunk
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- شجاعةArabic
- escorregudaCatalan, Valencian
- odvahaCzech
- spunkDanish
- Mumm, Wichse, Saft, Soße, heißer Typ, CourageGerman
- τόλμηGreek
- spunkoEsperanto
- agallas, leche, lefaSpanish
- pauk, jobiEstonian
- گول زدنPersian
- vitalité, foutre, vivacité, entrainFrench
- sheelManx
- साहसHindi
- sborraItalian
- 勇気Japanese
- moed, levendigheid, vastberadenheidDutch
- spunkNorwegian
- odwagaPolish
- coragem, gato, porraPortuguese
- స్పంక్Telugu
- cesaretTurkish
- جراتUrdu
- 胆量Chinese
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