Spirited, brisk, lively, mettlesome, valiant. Obsolete.

= animous, adj.

Courageous, spirited; = hearty, adj. 1a. Obsolete.

Spirited, courageous.

Of a person: = mettlesome, adj. 1c.

(attributive). Spirited, feisty; lively, eager, willing. Also: brave, courageous. In later use Scottish and English regional (northern). Obsolete.

Spirited, courageous; (also) hot-tempered.

Spirited, courageous.

= stomachous, adj.

Chiefly parasynthetic, as brave-hearted, brave-horsed, brave-minded, brave-sensed, brave-spirited, brave-spiritedness.

Of a person: high-spirited, vivacious, playful. Also: courageous, brave.

Of a person or animal: full of pluck, spirit, or fight; spirited, plucky; intrepid. Also applied to actions, attributes, etc.

Full of spunk or spirit; courageous, mettlesome, spirited.

= spunky, adj.

Of a quality or attribute: befitting or like that of a gamecock; characterized by courage or fighting spirit. Cf. game, n. 20. Obsolete. rare.

Chiefly English regional (Lincolnshire). Usually of a person: excellent, outstanding, first-rate; spec. plucky, spirited, game. Now also…

Having pluck or courage; esp. in (good,etc.) plucked one (also 'un). Conversely †bad-plucked one.

Showing or characterized by spirit or pluck; = game, adj.1 1.

Full of fighting spirit; valiant, plucky. Cf. game, adj.1 1, gamefully adv. at derivatives. rare.

Tough, spirited, courageous; possessing or requiring ‘guts’ (gut, n. 1d).

Aggressive, excitable, touchy.

= gutsy, adj. 2.