Feisty

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Touchy; quarrelsome.
  • adj. Full of spirit or pluck; frisky or spunky. See Regional Notes at andiron, feist.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Tenacious, energetic, spunky.
  • adj. Belligerent; prepared to stand and fight, especially in spite of relatively small stature or some other disadvantage.
  • adj. Easily offended and ready to bicker.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Same as fusty.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. quick to take offense
  • adj. showing courage
  • Equivalent
    sensitive    spirited   
    Variant
    feistier    feistiest   
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