gutless
pronunciation
How to pronounce gutless in British English:
UK [ˈgʌtləs]
How to pronounce gutless in American English:
US [ˈɡʌtlɪs]
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- Adjective:
- lacking courage or vitality
Word Origin
- gutless (adj.)
- "cowardly," 1900, from gut (n.) in the figurative "spirit" sense (see guts) + -less. Literal sense "disemboweled" is from c. 1600. Related: Gutlessly; gutlessness.
Example
- 1. You 're gutless , and you 're guilty .
- 2. Turns me into a gutless wonder .
- 3. Despite his civil rights stance , fulbright was far from gutless .
- 4. That yellow , gutless worm , claude .
- 5. George , don 't be such a gutless wonder ! Stand up for your rights !