Feisty meaning
Full of spirit or determination; plucky or spunky.
adjective
Quarrelsome or aggressive.
adjective
Full of spirit.
- Quarrelsome, aggressive, belligerent, etc.
- Lively, energetic, assertive, etc.
adjective
The definition of feisty is someone aggressive or lively.
An example of feisty is someone who likes to pick fights with their friends just for fun.
adjective
Belligerent; prepared to stand and fight, especially in spite of relatively small stature or some other disadvantage.
adjective
Other Word Forms
Adjective
Base Form:
feisty
Comparative:
feistier
Superlative:
feistiestOrigin of feisty
- From feist
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- 1896, American, feist (“small, aggressive dog”) + -y; the term feist (now rare) itself originally meant “stink”, and earlier “fart”, from Middle English, from Old English, from Proto-Germanic, presumably from Proto-Indo-European – see feist for details.
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