[ UK /fˈa‍ɪsti/ ]
[ US /ˈfaɪsti/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. quick to take offense
  2. showing courage
    the champion is faced with a feisty challenger
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How To Use feisty In A Sentence

  • Helping him to do so, meanwhile, is Proteus' feisty betrothed, Marina, who gives as good as she gets in helping to ensure Sinbad doesn't stray from his path, while winning over the respect of his crew.
  • But if it gets fiery and feisty, then we have players here who can handle themselves. The Sun
  • Once they adapt to their new coach's ways, the team will be aggressive and feisty.
  • This week's pompous, poncey, high-handed antics could pique the infamous Tauran temper, impelling you to channel that feisty, fiery Hawaiian volcano deity Pele, who loves to erupt in Vesuvian pyrotechnics.
  • Lyon's portrayal of Bertozzo's madness is somewhat heavyhanded, but he brings a feisty edge to the play's dynamics.
  • And if you heard the folks from this feisty bit of terra firma, you'd know their accent, not to mention their vocabulary was indubitably indelicate if not incomprehensibly improper.
  • The Mediterraneans, like the leghorn, tend to be more feisty and flighty.
  • But she does have lots of feisty Irish spirit and a best friend called Marion, who enjoys a few drinks and a good old sing song in the local pub.
  • However, rather than easing off as he approaches official retirement age, the Scot remains as committed and feisty as ever, with thoughts of stepping down a long way off.
  • She was a really feisty, fearless woman who loved to laugh. Times, Sunday Times
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