Synonyms for feisty
ˈfaɪ stifeisty

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1. feisty, plucky, spunkyadjective

   showing courage

   "the champion is faced with a feisty challenger"

   Synonyms:
   mettlesome, gritty, spirited, gamey, thin-skinned, game, plucky, touchy, huffy, spunky, gutsy, gamy

   Antonyms:
   spiritless, insensitive

2. huffy, thin-skinned, feisty, touchyadjective

   quick to take offense

   Synonyms:
   mad, delicate, ticklish, thin-skinned, plucky, touchy, huffy, spunky, sore

   Antonyms:
   insensitive, spiritless

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1. List of paraphrases for "feisty":

   spirited, plucky, brave, stubborn, foolhardy, brash

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How to use feisty in a sentence?

1. Sally Cohen:

   When Liz was first diagnosed, I remember she said to [her childhood friends]— she has such a feisty personality— ‘I want to know when you’re mad at your husbands, what your kids did right, wrong, what color you’re painting your house,’ [She] wanted our conversations to be normal … she didn’t want people to shy away.

2. Susan Bro:

   She was a normal 32-year-old, feisty woman, she had rough edges, just like anybody, and she was a random murder in a mass car attack. She just happened to be the one that took the brunt force.

3. Antti Makinen:

   They have communicated their development to investors rather poorly and we gave them some feisty feedback for it.

4. Jerry Stahl:

   SOAPY You know, feisty women never get boring. JOEL Let me tell you something. Boring women get a bad rap. There's a lot to be said for boring women.

5. Maureen O'Hara:

   Being an Irishwoman means many things to me. An Irishwoman is strong and feisty. She has guts and stands up for what she believes in. She believes she is the best at whatever she does and proceeds through life with that knowledge. She can face any hazard that life throws her way and stay with it until she wins. She is loyal to her kinsmen and accepting of others. She's not above a sock in the jaw if you have it coming.