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Definitions for Feisty
[1] full of animation, energy, or courage; spirited; spunky; plucky: The champion is faced with a feisty challenger.
[2] ill-tempered; pugnacious.
[3] troublesome; difficult: feisty legal problems.
[4] lively, resilient, and self-reliant
[5] US and Canadian frisky
[6] US and Canadian irritable
Words related to Feisty
bubbly, gritty, scrappy, spunky, excitable, gutsy, high-strung, fiery, courageous, lively, active, alive, difficult, enthusiastic, frisky, game, mettlesome, ornery, peppy, quarrelsome
Words nearby Feisty
feira de santana, feirie, feisal i, feisal ii, feist, feisty, felafel, feldene, feldenkrais method, feldsher, feldspar
Origin of Feisty
An Americanism dating back to 1895–1900; feist + -y1
Other words from Feisty
feist·i·ly , adverb
feist·i·ness , noun
Word origin for Feisty
C19: from dialect feist, fist small dog; related to Old English fīsting breaking wind
Synonyms for Feisty
bubbly, courageous, excitable, fiery, gritty, gutsy, high-strung, lively, scrappy, spunky, active, alive, difficult, enthusiastic, frisky, full of pep, game, gutty, hot-blooded, mettlesome, ornery, peppy, quarrelsome, sensitive, thin-skinned, tough, truculent, zestful