The elderly woman was frail but feisty.
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Feisty
//ˈfaɪsti//
Synonyms for "feisty" (38 found)
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Closest matches (8)
Strong matches (11)
Related words (19)
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Synonyms
1 entriesderived
4 entriesderived from
1 entriesetymologically related_to
1 entriesrelated to
10 entriessimilar
3 entriesTranslations
93 translations across 20 languages.
Bikol Central
1 entries- uragon adj (belligerent)
Czech
4 entries- agresivní adj (belligerent)
- bojovný adj (belligerent)
- energický adj (tenacious)
- hašteřivý adj (easily offended)
Dutch
4 entries- hardnekkig adj (tenacious)
- lichtgeraakt adj (easily offended)
- strijdbaar adj (belligerent)
- strijdlustig adj (belligerent)
Finnish
4 entries- herkkänahkainen adj (easily offended)
- kipakka adj (tenacious)
- ärhäkkä adj (tenacious)
- ärhäkkä adj (belligerent)
French
2 entries- agressif adj (belligerent)
- tenace adj (tenacious)
Galician
3 entries- obstinado adj (tenacious)
- teimoso adj (tenacious)
- tenaz adj (tenacious)
Georgian
4 entries- გამძლე adj (tenacious)
- მტკიცე adj (tenacious)
- უდრეკი adj (tenacious)
- ფიცხი adj (belligerent)
German
4 entries- angriffslustig adj (belligerent)
- beherzt adj (tenacious)
- empfindlich adj (easily offended)
- hartnäckig adj (tenacious)
Greek
4 entries- δυναμικός adj (tenacious)
- ενεργητικός adj (tenacious)
- επίμονος adj (tenacious)
- επιθετικός adj (easily offended)
Hungarian
4 entries- eleven adj (tenacious)
- energikus adj (tenacious)
- harcias adj (belligerent)
- heves adj (tenacious)
Italian
3 entries- combattivo adj (belligerent)
- tenace adj (tenacious)
- tosto adj (tenacious)
Macedonian
2 entries- на́метлив adj (tenacious)
- у́порен adj (tenacious)
Māori
3 entries- hōriri adj (tenacious)
- whakatuma adj (belligerent)
- whitawhita adj (tenacious)
Portuguese
4 entries- briguento adj (belligerent)
- brigão adj (belligerent)
- invocado adj (belligerent)
- melindroso adj (easily offended)
Romanian
1 entries- tenace adj (tenacious)
Russian
2 entries- вздо́рный adj (belligerent)
- напо́ристый adj (tenacious)
Spanish
2 entries- agresivo adj (belligerent)
- tenaz adj (tenacious)
Swedish
3 entries- ettrig adj (tenacious)
- stridbar adj (belligerent)
- stridslysten adj (belligerent)
Thai
1 entries- ซ่า adj (belligerent)
Vietnamese
1 entries- đanh đá adj (easily offended)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
This is one feisty man.
Source: tatoeba (5293135)
Sami was super feisty.
Source: tatoeba (7213528)
I think of them as feisty rather than uppity.
Source: tatoeba (8989638)
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