scrappiness
Determined fighting spirit
Scrappiness is the quality of being combative, tenacious, or willing to fight despite disadvantages.
A scrappy team wins through hustle and determination rather than superior talent.
The word carries admiration for underdogs who punch above their weight: What she lacks in experience, she makes up for in scrappiness.
Disorderly group fight
- scuffleBrief disorderly struggle
- tussleBrief physical struggle
- feistinessLively, aggressive spirit
- pugnacityInclination to quarrel
combativeness · roughhouse · scrapping · fisticuffs · sparring · aggression · belligerence · roughness
Firmness of purpose
- resilienceCapacity to recover quickly
- perseveranceSustained resolve despite obstacles
- tenacityPersistent grip or resolve
- doggednessUnyielding determination to continue
persistence · resolve · fortitude · toughness · pluck · spunk · mettle · backbone
Clever, original thinking
- improvisationSpontaneous, unplanned creation
- adaptabilityAbility to adjust readily
- creativityCapacity for original thought
- cunningSly, scheming cleverness
cleverness · bootstrapping · makeshift · DIY · hustle · quick-thinking · inventiveness · pragmatism
Energetic, aggressive action
- hungerNeed for nourishment
- outsiderOne excluded from group
- upstartArrogant recent success
- defianceOpen resistance to authority
overachiever · David-and-Goliath · bootstrap · self-made · gutsy
brawl
Disorderly group fight
- scuffleBrief disorderly struggle
- tussleBrief physical struggle
- feistinessLively, aggressive spirit
pugnacity · combativeness · roughhouse · scrapping · fisticuffs · sparring · aggression · belligerence · roughness · confrontation
determination
Firmness of purpose
- resilienceCapacity to recover quickly
- perseveranceSustained resolve despite obstacles
- tenacityPersistent grip or resolve
doggedness · persistence · resolve · fortitude · toughness · pluck · spunk · mettle · backbone · willpower
ingenuity
Clever, original thinking
- improvisationSpontaneous, unplanned creation
- adaptabilityAbility to adjust readily
- creativityCapacity for original thought
cunning · cleverness · bootstrapping · makeshift · DIY · hustle · quick-thinking · inventiveness · pragmatism · workaround
hustle
Energetic, aggressive action
defiance · overachiever · David-and-Goliath · bootstrap · self-made · gutsy
- Resourcefulnessresourcefulness, ingenuity, cleverness, inventiveness, problem-solving
- combativenessaggression, antagonism, belligerence, bellicosity, combativeness
- moxiespunk, guts, nerve, grit, pluck
scrappinesspacifism
Antiwar moral stance
peacefulness · nonaggression · meekness · docility · passivity
scrappinessdefeatism
Acceptance of inevitable failure
resignation · passivity · quitting · surrender · capitulation
scrappinessgentleness
Soft, kind demeanor
mildness · placidity · amiability · affability · geniality
scrap, scrape, scraps, scraping, scraped, scrappy, scrapbook, scrapped, scrapper