gut
Visceral instinct source
Gut refers to the digestive tract, especially the intestines.
A gut feeling or gut reaction comes from instinct rather than deliberation—the belly as seat of intuition.
Guts means courage: It takes guts to stand up to a bully.
To gut something is to remove its internal organs, or to strip out the interior: They gutted the building.
A gut punch is a blow to the stomach, or figuratively, devastating news.
Digestive organ below chest
- bellyFront midsection
- intestinesCoiled digestive organs
- bowelsLower digestive organs
- abdomenTorso's lower cavity
viscera · paunch · midriff · entrails · innards · colon · digestive tract · alimentary canal
Unproven inner sense
- feelingSensed inner state
- intuitionInstinctive immediate understanding
- sixth senseExtrasensory perception ability
- premonitionAdvance sense of future events
inkling · suspicion · foreboding · sense · presentiment · insight · perception · awareness
First in origin
- rawIn original state
- deep-seatedFirmly established within
- instinctiveArising without conscious thought
- emotionalShowing strong feelings
intense · innate · automatic · involuntary · unfiltered · powerful · elemental · immediate
Body's microbial community
- floraPlants of a region
- bacteriaNucleus-free single-celled organisms
- peristalsisInvoluntary digestive muscle waves
- absorptionProcess of taking in
fermentation · enzymes · probiotics · prebiotics · motility · bloating · cramping · indigestion
Determination or abrasive particles
- nerveSignal-carrying body fiber
- pluckSpirit or yank
- spunkInformal word for courage
- mettleStrength of character
bravery · boldness · fortitude · backbone · spine · balls · daring · moxie
Free of soil
- dressSkirted one-piece garment
- filletBoneless meat portion
- disembowelRemove internal organs
- butcherOne who sells cuts
prepare · field dress · scale · debone · process · game · fish · carcass
Empty space within
- emptyHolding nothing inside
- voidWithout legal effect
- sunkenDescended beneath water level
- concaveCurving inward, not outward
depression · indentation · pit · recess · cavernous
stomach
Digestive organ below chest
- bellyFront midsection
- intestinesCoiled digestive organs
- bowelsLower digestive organs
abdomen · viscera · paunch · midriff · entrails · innards · colon · digestive tract · alimentary canal · small intestine
hunch
Unproven inner sense
- feelingSensed inner state
- intuitionInstinctive immediate understanding
- sixth senseExtrasensory perception ability
premonition · inkling · suspicion · foreboding · sense · presentiment · insight · perception · awareness · inner voice
primal
First in origin
- rawIn original state
- deep-seatedFirmly established within
- instinctiveArising without conscious thought
emotional · intense · innate · automatic · involuntary · unfiltered · powerful · elemental · immediate · unmediated
microbiome
Body's microbial community
- floraPlants of a region
- bacteriaNucleus-free single-celled organisms
- peristalsisInvoluntary digestive muscle waves
absorption · fermentation · enzymes · probiotics · prebiotics · motility · bloating · cramping · indigestion · dyspepsia
grit
Determination or abrasive particles
mettle · bravery · boldness · fortitude · backbone · spine · balls · daring · moxie · chutzpah
clean
Free of soil
- dressSkirted one-piece garment
- filletBoneless meat portion
- disembowelRemove internal organs
butcher · prepare · field dress · scale · debone · process · game · fish · carcass
cavity
Empty space within
concave · depression · indentation · pit · recess · cavernous
demolish
Destroy completely
- stripNarrow elongated piece
- ransackPlunder while destroying
- devastateDestroy thoroughly and completely
ruin · wreck · hollow out · dismantle · ravage · empty · clear out · tear apart · raze · pillage
gutcowardice
Absence of bravery
spinelessness · cravenness · pusillanimity · timidity · fearfulness
- gut feelingInstinctive sense about something
- gut instinctImmediate unreasoned knowing
- gut reactionImmediate unthinking feeling
- gut punchShocking emotional blow
- trust your gutRely on intuition
- gut checkHonest self-examination
guts, gutter, gutsy, gutless, gutting, gutted, guttural, guttering, gutsiest