Modifies a noun

• heroine: Aren't you in danger of making feisty young heroines a cliché ?

• teenager: Sitcom about a feisty teenager who lives with her bachelor father.

• daughter: In 2002 Lesley married Chris Smith who has two feisty teenage daughters.

• lady: The Ambassador is a tall, feisty lady whom I would not wish to upset.

• female: A feisty female curing through love her hammered hunk.

• girl: Daisy Jones was one of those he kidnaped but she was a feisty girl and was not going to knuckle down easily.

Modifying Another Word

• very: She had a few nasty wounds and was very feisty, even managing to bite a member of staff during her check in.

• typically: He was hungry, impatient for service, troubled by a persistent cough, but otherwise in typically feisty, talkative mood.

• pretty: In fact, Job got pretty feisty at times.

• rather: The pair have to cope with everything from deadly chairs to a rather feisty neighbor.

• quite: I think they are quite feisty and they tend to stick to their own ethnic group.

• really: I like her attitude - she's really feisty, she digs in and doesn't give up.

Used with adjective complement

• get: In fact, Job got pretty feisty at times.

• feel: If you're feeling feisty, go for the very traditional frito Mallorquin - deep-fried offal and vegetables.

• play: Twenty one-year-old Carley, who plays feisty Steph Dean in the popular soap has been singing and dancing from an early age.