gutsy

gutsy
    adj 1: marked by courage and determination in the face of
           difficulties or danger; robust and uninhibited; "you have
           to admire her; it was a gutsy thing to do"; "the
           gutsy...intensity of her musical involvement"-Judith
           Crist; "a gutsy red wine" [syn: {gutsy}, {plucky}] [ant:
           {gutless}]
    

gutsy \gutsy\ adj.
   1. marked by courage and determination in the face of
      difficulties or danger.

   Syn: courageous, plucky.
        [WordNet 1.5]

   2. rough or plain; not sophisticated or refined; earthy.
      Opposite of {sophisticated}, or {refined}.

   Syn: earthy, lusty, robust.
        [PJC] guttae
    

82 Moby Thesaurus words for "gutsy":
      acid, beefy, biting, bold, bouncing, bulldoggish, corrosive,
      courageous, cutting, dauntless, doughty, driving, effective,
      forceful, forcible, forcy, full-blooded, full-strength, game, gamy,
      gritty, gutty, hale, hard, hard as nails, hardy, hearty, hefty,
      husky, imperative, impressive, incisive, intrepid, iron-hard,
      lusty, manful, manly, mettlesome, mighty, mordant, nervous, nervy,
      obstinate, penetrating, pertinacious, piercing, plucky, poignant,
      potent, powerful, puissant, punchy, red-blooded, resolute, robust,
      robustious, rugged, sensational, sinewed, sinewy, slashing,
      spirited, spiritful, spunky, stalwart, steely, stout, strapping,
      striking, strong, strong as brandy, strong as strong,
      strong-willed, sturdy, telling, tenacious, tough, trenchant,
      unfearful, valiant, vigorous, vital