- Touchy; quarrelsome.
- Full of spirit or pluck; frisky or spunky. See Regional Note at andiron, feist.
[From FEIST.]
feistiness feist'i·ness n.
Dictionary:
feist·y (fī'stē) ![]() |
| Wordsmith Words: feisty |
(FY-stee)
adjective
1. Spirited; full of courage, spunk, or energy.
2. Touchy, irritable, or ill-tempered.
Etymology
From feist, variant of obsolete fist, short for fisting cur, a contemptuous term for a dog, from fist, from Middle English fisten (to break wind). The word fizzle is ultimately derived from the same source.
| WordNet: feisty |
The adjective has 2 meanings:
Meaning #1:
showing courage
Synonyms: plucky, spunky
Meaning #2:
irritable and looking for trouble
Synonym: touchy
| Translations: Feisty |
Dansk (Danish)
adj. - ilter, nærtagende, hoven
Nederlands (Dutch)
uitbundig, lichtgeraakt, zenuwachtig, pittig
Français (French)
adj. - fougueux, (US) bagarreur
Deutsch (German)
adj. - lebhaft, aufdringlich, leicht reizbar
Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - (ΗΠΑ, καθομ.) νευρώδης, στιβαρός
Português (Portuguese)
adj. - cheio de energia nervosa
Русский (Russian)
сварливый, склочный, агрессивный
Español (Spanish)
adj. - agresivo, vigoroso, exuberante
Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - lättretlig, livlig, modig
中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
易怒的, 活跃的
中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 易怒的, 活躍的
한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 공격적인, 허세부리는, (용모) 개 같은
日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 雑種の小犬のような, いらいらした
العربيه (Arabic)
(صفه) نشط , قوي , مزعج
עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - תוקפני, שופע מרץ, רגיש
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