Definition of feisty in English:

feisty

adjectivefeistiest, feistier ˈfʌɪstiˈfaɪsti

informal

1(of a person, typically one who is relatively small) lively, determined, and courageous.
a love story with a feisty heroine who's more than a pretty face
Example sentencesExamples
- It's a lively little read as it stands, but neither as feisty nor effective as it could have been.
- There is undoubtedly a feisty spirit about the current Aberdeen squad.
- She is stacked and feisty, but not actually that smart a player.
- Still on the west side, a feisty and determined group of community residents looks set to achieve a fine piece of conservation.
- Be like President Truman and live an active, useful, feisty life into your late eighties or even longer!
- When I meet Kate, with her shiny, white-blonde hair, bronze skin and feisty manner, I feel I already know her.
- The characters are feisty and unusual, but at many points I couldn't really understand where any of this was going.
- Hadrian built his wall to keep out raiding parties from what is now Scotland; then, as now, the Scots were a lively, feisty people.
- But this is a sparky and feisty player who wears his heart on his sleeve.
- They are characters you can get underneath and they are all quite strong and feisty, but they are all flawed and frail.
- Scotland were well beaten by a determined and feisty Irish side who now go to Twickenham next weekend with a chance of winning the championship.
- Connor brings a feisty sweetness to the stage, coupled with a well-integrated voice boasting a sizzling range.
- They're all 6 feet tall and in their sixties or seventies and they're spirited and feisty.
- He saw her physical beauty well enough, but he never noticed her intelligence or her feisty spirit.
- Even so, the country has begun to ponder what it will be like without an outspoken, feisty prime minister.
- She speaks softly but forcefully, an indication of how feisty she can be.
- 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.
- He was stubborn and feisty, determined and driven, and that's the mark that he has left.
- Yet set against that is the fact that this is a pretty dry effort with an unusual lack of feisty anecdotes, and this remains one for the real aficionado.
Synonyms
energetic, spirited, active, lively, zestful, vital, vigorous, strong, forceful, powerful, potent, positive, effective, effectual, high-powered, aggressive, driving, pushing, bold, enterprising
1. 1.1 Touchy and aggressive.
  暴躁的；易怒的；好斗的
  he got a bit feisty and tried to hit me
  他因为要对我进行还击而变得有些好斗。
  Example sentencesExamples
  I simply nodded, quelling that feisty, fiery side of me, and offered yet another ghost of a smile.
  The feisty old lady lives alone but fights with the men almost every day.
  Once they adapt to their new coach's ways, the team will be aggressive and feisty.
  A feisty, scrawny white guy is frantically attacking the black guy.

Derivatives

feistily

adverb

informal

But when there are a handful of cat-calls from the audience, Maines responds feistily.
Example sentencesExamples
- It's a system that has produced feistily independent judges for centuries, whatever the theoretical breach of the separation of powers principle.
- ‘I think the media has built it up to be something they can have a little fun with,’ she observed, feistily.

feistiness

noun

informal

‘I just find your feistiness,’ he searched for the right word, 'amusing.’
Example sentencesExamples
- She is composed almost entirely of feistiness.
- They bring a youthful feistiness to the roles, but there isn't the bitterness or sophistication to make Shakespeare's rapier swift dialogue sting.
- His enthusiasm and feistiness have tempered a lineup that was beginning to take itself too seriously.
- He objects to feistiness in anybody but himself.

Origin

Late 19th century: from earlier feist, fist 'small dog', from fisting cur or hound, a derogatory term for a lapdog, from Middle English fist 'break wind', of West Germanic origin. Compare with fizzle.

A small farting dog is the surprising idea behind the word feisty, meaning ‘spirited and exuberant’. It comes from the earlier and now obsolete word feist or fist meaning ‘small dog’, from fisting cur or fisting hound. This was a derogatory term for a lapdog, deriving from the old verb fist, meaning ‘to break wind’. Fist may also be the source of fizzle, which in the 16th century meant ‘to break wind quietly’. Fart itself goes back to Old English times and was formerly a more respectable word than it is now—Geoffrey Chaucer used it in The Canterbury Tales.

Definition of feisty in US English:

feisty

adjectiveˈfīstēˈfaɪsti

informal

1(of a person, typically one who is relatively small or weak) lively, determined, and courageous.
a feisty heroine who's more than a pretty face
a feisty upstart
Example sentencesExamples
- The characters are feisty and unusual, but at many points I couldn't really understand where any of this was going.
- Yet set against that is the fact that this is a pretty dry effort with an unusual lack of feisty anecdotes, and this remains one for the real aficionado.
- Even so, the country has begun to ponder what it will be like without an outspoken, feisty prime minister.
- Be like President Truman and live an active, useful, feisty life into your late eighties or even longer!
- But this is a sparky and feisty player who wears his heart on his sleeve.
- There is undoubtedly a feisty spirit about the current Aberdeen squad.
- When I meet Kate, with her shiny, white-blonde hair, bronze skin and feisty manner, I feel I already know her.
- He was stubborn and feisty, determined and driven, and that's the mark that he has left.
- It's a lively little read as it stands, but neither as feisty nor effective as it could have been.
- 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.
- Connor brings a feisty sweetness to the stage, coupled with a well-integrated voice boasting a sizzling range.
- She is stacked and feisty, but not actually that smart a player.
- Hadrian built his wall to keep out raiding parties from what is now Scotland; then, as now, the Scots were a lively, feisty people.
- Scotland were well beaten by a determined and feisty Irish side who now go to Twickenham next weekend with a chance of winning the championship.
- Still on the west side, a feisty and determined group of community residents looks set to achieve a fine piece of conservation.
- They're all 6 feet tall and in their sixties or seventies and they're spirited and feisty.
- They are characters you can get underneath and they are all quite strong and feisty, but they are all flawed and frail.
- He saw her physical beauty well enough, but he never noticed her intelligence or her feisty spirit.
- She speaks softly but forcefully, an indication of how feisty she can be.
Synonyms
energetic, spirited, active, lively, zestful, vital, vigorous, strong, forceful, powerful, potent, positive, effective, effectual, high-powered, aggressive, driving, pushing, bold, enterprising
1. 1.1 Touchy and aggressive.
  暴躁的；易怒的；好斗的
  he got a bit feisty and tried to hit me
  他因为要对我进行还击而变得有些好斗。
  Example sentencesExamples
  I simply nodded, quelling that feisty, fiery side of me, and offered yet another ghost of a smile.
  A feisty, scrawny white guy is frantically attacking the black guy.
  Once they adapt to their new coach's ways, the team will be aggressive and feisty.
  The feisty old lady lives alone but fights with the men almost every day.

Origin

Late 19th century: from earlier feist, fist ‘small dog’, from fisting cur or hound, a derogatory term for a lapdog, from Middle English fist ‘break wind’, of West Germanic origin. Compare with fizzle.

词汇	feisty
释义	Definition of feisty in English: feisty adjectivefeistiest, feistier ˈfʌɪstiˈfaɪsti informal 1(of a person, typically one who is relatively small) lively, determined, and courageous. a love story with a feisty heroine who's more than a pretty face Example sentencesExamples It's a lively little read as it stands, but neither as feisty nor effective as it could have been. There is undoubtedly a feisty spirit about the current Aberdeen squad. She is stacked and feisty, but not actually that smart a player. Still on the west side, a feisty and determined group of community residents looks set to achieve a fine piece of conservation. Be like President Truman and live an active, useful, feisty life into your late eighties or even longer! When I meet Kate, with her shiny, white-blonde hair, bronze skin and feisty manner, I feel I already know her. The characters are feisty and unusual, but at many points I couldn't really understand where any of this was going. Hadrian built his wall to keep out raiding parties from what is now Scotland; then, as now, the Scots were a lively, feisty people. But this is a sparky and feisty player who wears his heart on his sleeve. They are characters you can get underneath and they are all quite strong and feisty, but they are all flawed and frail. Scotland were well beaten by a determined and feisty Irish side who now go to Twickenham next weekend with a chance of winning the championship. Connor brings a feisty sweetness to the stage, coupled with a well-integrated voice boasting a sizzling range. They're all 6 feet tall and in their sixties or seventies and they're spirited and feisty. He saw her physical beauty well enough, but he never noticed her intelligence or her feisty spirit. Even so, the country has begun to ponder what it will be like without an outspoken, feisty prime minister. She speaks softly but forcefully, an indication of how feisty she can be. 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. He was stubborn and feisty, determined and driven, and that's the mark that he has left. Yet set against that is the fact that this is a pretty dry effort with an unusual lack of feisty anecdotes, and this remains one for the real aficionado. Synonyms energetic, spirited, active, lively, zestful, vital, vigorous, strong, forceful, powerful, potent, positive, effective, effectual, high-powered, aggressive, driving, pushing, bold, enterprising 1.1 Touchy and aggressive. 暴躁的；易怒的；好斗的 he got a bit feisty and tried to hit me 他因为要对我进行还击而变得有些好斗。 Example sentencesExamples I simply nodded, quelling that feisty, fiery side of me, and offered yet another ghost of a smile. The feisty old lady lives alone but fights with the men almost every day. Once they adapt to their new coach's ways, the team will be aggressive and feisty. A feisty, scrawny white guy is frantically attacking the black guy. Derivatives feistily adverb informal But when there are a handful of cat-calls from the audience, Maines responds feistily. Example sentencesExamples It's a system that has produced feistily independent judges for centuries, whatever the theoretical breach of the separation of powers principle. ‘I think the media has built it up to be something they can have a little fun with,’ she observed, feistily. feistiness noun informal ‘I just find your feistiness,’ he searched for the right word, 'amusing.’ Example sentencesExamples She is composed almost entirely of feistiness. They bring a youthful feistiness to the roles, but there isn't the bitterness or sophistication to make Shakespeare's rapier swift dialogue sting. His enthusiasm and feistiness have tempered a lineup that was beginning to take itself too seriously. He objects to feistiness in anybody but himself. Origin Late 19th century: from earlier feist, fist 'small dog', from fisting cur or hound, a derogatory term for a lapdog, from Middle English fist 'break wind', of West Germanic origin. Compare with fizzle. A small farting dog is the surprising idea behind the word feisty, meaning ‘spirited and exuberant’. It comes from the earlier and now obsolete word feist or fist meaning ‘small dog’, from fisting cur or fisting hound. This was a derogatory term for a lapdog, deriving from the old verb fist, meaning ‘to break wind’. Fist may also be the source of fizzle, which in the 16th century meant ‘to break wind quietly’. Fart itself goes back to Old English times and was formerly a more respectable word than it is now—Geoffrey Chaucer used it in The Canterbury Tales. Definition of feisty in US English: feisty adjectiveˈfīstēˈfaɪsti informal 1(of a person, typically one who is relatively small or weak) lively, determined, and courageous. a feisty heroine who's more than a pretty face a feisty upstart Example sentencesExamples The characters are feisty and unusual, but at many points I couldn't really understand where any of this was going. Yet set against that is the fact that this is a pretty dry effort with an unusual lack of feisty anecdotes, and this remains one for the real aficionado. Even so, the country has begun to ponder what it will be like without an outspoken, feisty prime minister. Be like President Truman and live an active, useful, feisty life into your late eighties or even longer! But this is a sparky and feisty player who wears his heart on his sleeve. There is undoubtedly a feisty spirit about the current Aberdeen squad. When I meet Kate, with her shiny, white-blonde hair, bronze skin and feisty manner, I feel I already know her. He was stubborn and feisty, determined and driven, and that's the mark that he has left. It's a lively little read as it stands, but neither as feisty nor effective as it could have been. 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. Connor brings a feisty sweetness to the stage, coupled with a well-integrated voice boasting a sizzling range. She is stacked and feisty, but not actually that smart a player. Hadrian built his wall to keep out raiding parties from what is now Scotland; then, as now, the Scots were a lively, feisty people. Scotland were well beaten by a determined and feisty Irish side who now go to Twickenham next weekend with a chance of winning the championship. Still on the west side, a feisty and determined group of community residents looks set to achieve a fine piece of conservation. They're all 6 feet tall and in their sixties or seventies and they're spirited and feisty. They are characters you can get underneath and they are all quite strong and feisty, but they are all flawed and frail. He saw her physical beauty well enough, but he never noticed her intelligence or her feisty spirit. She speaks softly but forcefully, an indication of how feisty she can be. Synonyms energetic, spirited, active, lively, zestful, vital, vigorous, strong, forceful, powerful, potent, positive, effective, effectual, high-powered, aggressive, driving, pushing, bold, enterprising 1.1 Touchy and aggressive. 暴躁的；易怒的；好斗的 he got a bit feisty and tried to hit me 他因为要对我进行还击而变得有些好斗。 Example sentencesExamples I simply nodded, quelling that feisty, fiery side of me, and offered yet another ghost of a smile. A feisty, scrawny white guy is frantically attacking the black guy. Once they adapt to their new coach's ways, the team will be aggressive and feisty. The feisty old lady lives alone but fights with the men almost every day. Origin Late 19th century: from earlier feist, fist ‘small dog’, from fisting cur or hound, a derogatory term for a lapdog, from Middle English fist ‘break wind’, of West Germanic origin. Compare with fizzle.
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