feisty

  • 11feisty — adjective (feistier; est) Date: 1896 1. chiefly Southern & Midland a. full of nervous energy ; fidgety b. touchy, quarrelsome c. exuberantly frisky 2. having or showing a lively aggressiveness ; …

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  • 12feisty — adj. Feisty is used with these nouns: ↑heroine …

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  • 13feisty — feist|y [ˈfaısti] adj [Date: 1800 1900; Origin: feist small dog (1800 1900)] having a strong determined character and being willing to argue with people use this to show approval ▪ DiFranco charmed the audience with her feisty spirit …

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  • 14feisty — feist|y [ faısti ] adjective full of energy and lively determination: feisty young women …

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  • 15feisty — adj spirited, tough and assertive, quarrel some. The word looks like Yiddish, but is in fact from a southern American English dialect word for a small, fierce dog (a feist or fice ), the name of which is dis tantly derived from fist , a variant… …

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  • 16feisty — adjective approving having a strong, determined character and being willing to argue with people: She has the feisty image of the successful entrepreneur …

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  • 17feisty — /ˈfaɪsti/ (say fuystee) adjective 1. excitable; quarrelsome. 2. frisky; high spirited: *The Queen Mother was known to Britons as a feisty character who enjoyed horse racing and a glass of gin –aap news, 2000. {US dialect fist a small dog,… …

  • 18Feisty Fawn — Liste des versions d Ubuntu Article principal : Ubuntu. Les nouvelles versions d’Ubuntu, sortent deux fois par an, utilisant l’année et le mois de la sortie comme numéro de version. La première version, par exemple, était Ubuntu 4.10,… …

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  • 19feisty touchy — Ill natured Ill na tured, a. 1. Of habitual bad temper; having an unpleasant disposition; surly; disagreeable; cross; peevish; fractious; crabbed; of people; as, an ill natured person; an ill natured disagreeable old man. Opposite of {good… …

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  • 20feisty — adjective a) Tenacious, energetic, spunky. b) Belligerent; prepared to stand and fight, especially in spite of relatively small stature or some other disadvantage …

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