as in aggressive
feeling or displaying eagerness to fight
a feisty hockey player who has spent more than his share of time in the penalty box
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Recent Examples of feisty
Detroit will certainly miss Ivey's scoring and floor-spacing during the regular season's home stretch, but the team still looks likely to be a feisty playoff out.
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Raja Krishnamoorthi, Newsweek, 13 Mar. 2025
Mix in a feisty Philadelphia crowd, and the intensity was at an all-time high.
—Sean McIndoe, The Athletic, 14 Feb. 2025
Stay feisty enough to call out those who deserve to be called out, with championship expectations still the franchise touchstone.
—Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 20 Mar. 2025
Prominent among that group is folksy Mr. Peanut (Woody Harrelson), feisty baseball-shooting Popfly (Brian Cox) and perky U.S. Postal Service bot Penny Pal (Jenny Slate).
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Mar. 2025
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Raja Krishnamoorthi, Newsweek, 13 Mar. 2025
Mix in a feisty Philadelphia crowd, and the intensity was at an all-time high.
—Sean McIndoe, The Athletic, 14 Feb. 2025
Stay feisty enough to call out those who deserve to be called out, with championship expectations still the franchise touchstone.
—Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 20 Mar. 2025
Prominent among that group is folksy Mr. Peanut (Woody Harrelson), feisty baseball-shooting Popfly (Brian Cox) and perky U.S. Postal Service bot Penny Pal (Jenny Slate).
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for feisty
Adjective
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The two were very aggressive from the start of the fight, with a lot of output.—
Trent Reinsmith,
Forbes.com,
5 Apr. 2025
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There are also more aggressive interventions for people with severe allergies who don’t respond to other medicines like desensitization therapy, also known as allergy shots.—
Umair Irfan,
Wired News,
5 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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From Myanmar comes the story of a student turned insurgent who joined a militant guerilla group set on overthrowing the country’s military junta.—
The Dial,
The Dial,
1 Apr. 2025
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Israel ended its ceasefire with the Hamas militant group and renewed its air and ground war last month.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
1 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Home to one of the world’s largest refugee populations – most of them from Afghanistan – Pakistan has not always welcomed the foreigners, subjecting them to hostile living conditions and threatening deportation over the years.—
Sophia Saifi,
CNN Money,
28 Mar. 2025
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Andreas typically waits until there have been three instances of potential hostile communication before asking her friend or colleague if everything is OK.—
Angela Haupt,
Time,
28 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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An initial minerals deal went unsigned following Trump’s contentious Oval Office meeting with Zelensky in February.—
Lauren Kent,
CNN Money,
31 Mar. 2025
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These comments seemed to further his feud with the agency following a contentious 2018 Tesla settlement over Musk's tweets that resulted in the Supreme Court declining to hear Musk's arguments against his tweets being monitored by the SEC.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
31 Mar. 2025
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“Feisty.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/feisty. Accessed 14 Apr. 2025.
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