Reverse Dictionary: COURAGE

ADJECTIVES
► ABLE courageous, strong, capable → 1980 Can.
► ANIMOUS courageous, spirited, bold → 1620 obs.
► ANNOINTED full of courage and energy for any desperate exploit → 1890 sl. (Bk.)
► AWELESS courageous, fearless, bold → 1400
► BALLS courageous, tough, masculine → 1980s US sl.
► BALLS-ASS courageous, tough, masculine → 1960s US sl.
► BALLSEY ► BALLSY courageous, brave, daring → 1935 sl., orig. & chiefly US
► CANT courageous, hearty, lusty, lively, merry, hale → 1300 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
► CORKSCREWED ► CORKSCREWED UP courageous because of alcohol; with one’s courage screwed by alcohol → 2006 US sl. (Bk.)
► COURAGEABLE abounding in courage, courageous → 1689 obs.
► DERF courageous, bold, daring, brave, hardy → 1175 obs.
► DOUGHTY-HEARTED courageous, bold, brave → 1864
► FACY possessed of courage to ‘face’ an enemy → 1900 Sc. (Bk.)
► FORTITUDINOUS endowed with courage or moral strength; capable of endurance → 1752
► FULL-HEARTED courageous, zealous, confident → 1616
► GAME AS A PEBBLE ► GAME AS PEBBLES extremely courageous; ready for anything, having staying power; often used of horses → 1831 sl.
► GAME AS A PISS-ANT extremely courageous; especially said of someone of small stature → 1945 Aust. sl.
► GAME AS NED KELLY courageous, plucky, willing to go up against overwhelming odds → 1930s Aust. sl.
► GAMON’D courageous, plucky, ‘game’ → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► GRITTY courageous, courageously determined or persevering → 1905 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► GUTS requiring or demonstrating courage or fortitude → 1957 Amer. sl.
► GUTSBALL courageous, spirited, plucky; robust → 1963 Amer. sl.
► GUTS-HIGH extremely courageous; fearless → 1958 Amer. sl.
► GUTS-UP extremely courageous; fearless → 1950s Amer. sl.
► GUTSY courageous, brave, spirited, plucky, robust → 1893
► GUTTY courageous, brave, spirited, plucky, robust → 1942 Amer. sl.
► HAUTAIN courageous, bold; of exalted courage → 1450 obs.
► HEARTED courageous, full of heart, spirited → 1538 obs.
► HEARTLY courageous, spirited → 1340 obs.
► HEARTSOME courageous, spirited, bold → 1567 obs.
► HEARTY courageous, bold → 1380 obs.
► HIGH-METTLED courageous, high-spirited; full of fire; mettlesome → 1626
► HIGH-STOMACHED of high courage or spirit → 1548 obs. or arch.
► KEENLY courageous, bold → 1205 obs.
► LUSTY courageous, valiant, active → 1374 obs.
► MAGNANIMOUS great in courage; nobly brave or valiant → 1584
► MOODY gallant, courageous → 1905 Sc. (Bk.)
► NERVY courageous, full of nerve → 1882
► ON A BRAVE suddenly and temporarily courageous → M19 US sl.
► POOR mentally or morally inferior; lacking in courage or spirit; low, mean, contemptible → 1425 obs.
► PUSILLANIME lacking in courage and strength of mind; of weak spirit; faint-hearted, cowardly, mean-spirited → 1570 obs.
► PUTTY-HEARTED soft-hearted; lacking in courage, cowardly → 1872
► SPLEENY lacking in courage and stamina → 1913 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► SPRIGHTLESS lacking spirit, liveliness, or energy; lacking courage or vitality → 1522
► SPUNK full of spirit; courageous, mettlesome, spirited → 1788 obs.
► SPUNKEY ► SPUNKIE ► SPUNKY courageous, spirited, mettlesome → 1786
► STALWORTH courageous, brave, bold, daring, valiant, mighty → 1225 obs. exc. arch.
► STOMACHLESS lacking courage → 19C
► SWUNDEN lacking courage or strength → 1275 obs.
► UNABLE TO NECK IT lacking moral courage → 1902 colloq. (Bk.)
► UP-LOOKING courageous-looking and bright → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► V.C. courageous, plucky (Victoria Cross) → L19 sl.
► WELL-STOMACHED courageous; having a strong stomach → 1478 obs.
► WIGHT courageous and strong, esp. in warfare; valiant, brave → 1275 arch. & Sc., & Eng. dial.
► WIGHTY courageous and strong, esp. in warfare, valiant, brave → 1400 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► YELLOW-LEGGED courageous, ‘game’ → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► YEOMANLY courageous, sturdy → 1626

ADVERBS
► DOUGHTILY in a courageous and determined manner; valiantly, resolutely → 1380 arch.
► HAUTAINLY courageously, boldly → 1513  obs.
► HEARTLY courageously, with courage or spirit; vigorously, with might and main → 1300 obs.
► MANLY courageously, in a manly manner; manfully, with valour or energy → 1205 obs.
► YEOMANLY in a sturdily courageous manner → 1386

INTERJECTIONS & PHRASES
► CORAGGIO! used as a hortatory exclamation; courage! → 1605
► GRITTY AS FISH EGGS ROLLED IN SAND said of one possessing courage → 1945 US Western usage (Bk.)
► HE HAS GRAVEL IN HIS GIZZARD he as courage, he is a brave man → 1945 US Western usage (Bk.)
► KNOWS HOW TO DIE STANDING UP said of a person with courage, who is unafraid in a fight → 1945 US Western usage (Bk.)
► MORE BALLS THAN A POOL HALL said of a courageous person → 1966 US sl.
► MORE GUTS THAN YOU COULD HANG ON A FENCE said of one with unusual courage → 1945 US Western usage (Bk.)
► ONE’S BOWELS TURN TO WATER one loses courage → 1981 Aust. colloq. (Bk.)

NOUNS
► APPROOF courage, pluck tried by experience → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► ARISTOTLE courage → 1910s rhyming sl. for ‘bottle’
► ARSE  courage → 2000s sl.
► ARSEHOLE courage → 2000s sl.
► BALLOCKS courage, vigour → 1980s sl.
► BALLS virile courage; virility; guts; strength of character; energy, spirit → 1890 US sl.
► BELLY courage, guts → 1975 US sl. (Bk.)
► BORROWED BRASS false courage inspired by drugs or drink → 20C Amer. sl., World War II usage
► BOTTLE courage → 1958 Brit. sl.
► BOUGHT GUTS false courage inspired by drugs or drink → 20C Amer. sl., World War II usage
► BRASS courage; nerve; impudence → 1682
► BRASS NECK courage; nerve; impudence → 1984 sl.
► BRAVITY courage, bravery → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► COJONES courage → 1932 sl., orig. US
► CORAIOUSTE courageousness → 1382 obs.
► COURAGIE courage → 1556 obs.
► DRUGSTORE NERVE false courage inspired by drugs or drink → 20C Amer. sl., World War II usage
► DUTCH COURAGE false courage from drinking liquor → 2006 US sl. (Bk.)
► EGGS courage, virility → 1950s sl.
► GAME courage, pluck, spirit, endurance → 1824 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
► GIMP courage, guts, spirit → 1893 sl.
► GIZZARD  courage, spirit, life → 1892 Amer. dial.
► GRAIN courage, ‘grit’ → 1970 Amer. dial.
► GRIT courage → 1905 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► GUMPTION courage, shrewdness; practical good sense or initiative; enterprise → 1719 colloq., orig. Sc.
► GUT courage, bravery, staying power → M17 sl.
► GUT CHECK a test of courage or determination → 1968 US sl.
► GUTS courage, force of character, staying power → 1893 colloq.
► GUTS BALL an action requiring courage, fortitude, extreme competitiveness, determination, etc. → 1962 Amer. sl.
► GUTSINESS courage, energy, spirit → 1893
► GUTS LIKE CALABASH extreme courage → 1991 Trinidad and Tobago
► HACKLE courage, pluck → M19 sl.
► HAIR courage, masculine prowess, virile strength →1959 US students’ sl.
► HARDIMENT courage, boldness, daring, hardihood → 1374 arch.
► HARDISHIP courage, hardy behaviour → 1240 obs.
► HEART O’ GRACE courage, strength → 1878 Eng. dial.
► ICE courage, ruthlessness → 1990s African-American sl.
► INTESTINAL FORTITUDE courage, guts; strength of will → 2002 Aust. sl. (Bk.)
► IRON courage → 1859 Amer. thieves’ sl.
► MAGNANIMITY lofty courage; fortitude → 1509 obs.
► MANFUL-HARDINESS courage, bravery → 1430 obs.
► MANHEAD courage, valour; the quality of being manly; manhood; virility → 1275
► MANLIHEAD courage, virility, bravery → 1422 obs.
► MANSHIP manly courage, valour; vigour, manliness → 1205 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► MEAD ► MEED ► MEID courage, bearing; mood, disposition → 1724 Sc.
► MELT courage; recklessness → 1867 Amer. dial.
► MOXEY ► MOXIE ► MOXY courage, nerve; energy, initiative; strength, know-how → 1930
► MUSTARD spirit, zest, courage, esp. in adversity → 1614 US sl.
► NADS, THE manly courage → 1976 Amer. sl.
► NUTS manly courage → 1980 US sl.
► PECKER courage; resolution → 1848 sl.
► PLUCK courage → 1785 sl., possibly originally boxing usage
► PUSILLANIMITY lack of courage or fortitude; cowardice, faint-heartedness → 1393
► RAMAGE courage, wildness, high spirit → 1456 obs.
► SACK courage → 1984 US sl.
► SAND courage; tenacity; stamina; pluck; determination; perseverance; obstinacy → 1867 Amer. dial.
► SANDINESS a having courage, pluck, or ‘sand’ → 1897 US sl.
► SAUCE courage, spirit → 1997 US sl.
► SCRONCH spirit, courage, spunk → 1996 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► SPIZERINKUM courage, stamina → 1947 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► SPRAWL courage → 1913 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► SPUNK courage, pluck; spirit, mettle → 1773
► STIFF UPPER LIP courage or resolution in the face of fear or danger → 1815 sl., orig. US
► TICKER courage → 1935 Aust. & US sl.
► VALENCE courage, valour → 1604 obs.
► VALIANCY a being courageous or valiant; bravery, valiantness, valour → 1574
► VALURE courage, bravery → 1577 obs.
► YANKEE GRIT great persevering courage → 1996 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► YARBLES courage, guts → 1970s sl.

NOUNS – PERSON
► ALL GUTS a person of great courage → 20C Amer. sl.. World War II usage
► BAD-ASSED NIGGER ► BAD-ASS NIGGER a courageous, positive person → 1900s African-American sl.
► BAYARD a man of courage and honour → 1922 (Bk.)
► BELLONA a courageous woman; a spirited woman of commanding presence; an imposing and strong-willed woman → 1820
► GALLANT a courageous, gay, sprightly, and airy person; a high-spirited, daring person → 1388 arch.
► GALLIARD a man of courage and spirit → 1532 obs.
► GIBBY a person who has a lot of guts and doesn’t care about what happens to himself or anyone else → 1970 US sl. (Bk.)
► HEART a person considered in respect of his or her courage, bravery, or other admirable qualities → 1340
► HEART OF OAK a person with a courageous, strong nature, esp. a brave and loyal soldier or sailor → 1600 arch.
► HELL-BENDER a person who is especially courageous, formidable, or aggressive → 1812 Amer. sl.
► HE-ROW a courageous and distinguished person → 1992 Amer. South. usage (Bk.)
► HEROWINE a courageous and distinguished woman → 1992 Amer. South. usage (Bk.)
► HUMMINGBIRD ASS a person who lacks the courage to back up his taunts → 1977 US sl.
► PRETTY MAN a courageous, warlike, or hardy man → 1576 chiefly Sc.
► SPUNKIE ► SPUNKY a courageous, spirited, or mettlesome person; a smart or lively fellow → 1806 Sc.
► TIGER a person of very great courage or strength → 1500
► VALIANT a courageous or brave person → 1609
► VALOUR a person of courage; a man of mettle → 1606

VERBS
► BE IN ARMOUR to be courageous or bold under the influence of alcohol → L17 sl.
► BITE THE BULLET to behave courageously; to avoid showing fear or distress → 1891
► BUCK UP to take courage, to apply oneself → 1844 Amer. dial.
► CAFF to lose courage, to be daunted, to turn coward → 1841 Eng. dial.
► COWBOY UP to make a determined effort to overcome an obstacle; to demonstrate courage or toughness when faced with a difficult situation → 1973 colloq.
► DROOP to flag in courage or spirit, to lose heart → 1330
► FAINT to lose courage or heart, to be afraid, to become depressed, to give way → 1350 arch.
► FUNK ► FUNK IT to lose courage; to become frightened or timid; to lose one’s nerve → 1857 UK sl.
► GO TO WATER to lose courage; to abandon one’s resolve → 1984 Aust. colloq. (Bk.)
► GUT to display one’s courage → 1940s US sl.
► HANG AND RATTLE to stick to the finish, to have courage → 1945 US Western usage (Bk.)
► HAVE SAND IN ONE’S CRAW to be courageous, tenacious, or energetic; to be determined and plucky → 1881 Amer. dial.
► HAVE SAND ON ONE’S GIZZARD to have courage → 1913 Amer. dial.
► HOLD ONE’S MUD to keep one’s composure or resolve; to show courage or endurance → 1966 US sl.
► KEEP A STIFF UPPER LIP to keep up one’s courage → 1815
► KEEP ONE’S CHIN UP to retain one’s courage → 1938 sl.
► KEEP ONE’S PECKER UP to retain one’s courage → 1853 Brit. sl.
► LOSE ONE’S GOAT to lose one’s courage; to lose one’s ability to fight → 1910s sl.
► MAGNANIMATE to imbue with steadfast courage; to inspire with greatness of mind; to render high-souled; to cheer, to inspirit → 1640 obs.
► NECK IT to stand, to exhibit moral courage → 1889 sl. (Bk.)
► NERVE UP TO to gather the courage to try something → 1979 Amer. dial.
► SHOW A LOT OF HAIR to display courage → 1960s Amer. sl.
► SPRIGHT to fill with spirit; to inspire with courage or resolve → 1531 obs.
► TAINT to cause to lose courage or vigour → 1600 obs.
► TAKE IT FIGHTING to approach in a courageous manner; to act aggressively → L19 US sl.
► TAKE METTLE to take courage → 1844 Eng. dial.
► WALK TALL to behave courageously, proudly, and honestly → M19 sl., orig. US
► WUSS OUT to lose courage; to back down; to fail to do as promised → 1977 US sl.