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
Amazingly, Mayfield’s reputation has transformed from Cleveland’s bratty underachiever to Tampa Bay’s feisty overachiever who is third in the league in passing.
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Mike Bianchi, Orlando Sentinel, 11 Jan. 2025
And the feisty Mayfield willed his offense toward effectiveness, scrambling seven times for 61 yards (finishing with a career-high 68 rushing yards) while also delivering two touchdown passes.
—Mike Jones, The Athletic, 5 Jan. 2025
The altercation with Bumrah on a feisty first day at the SCG was a case in point.
—Tim Ellis, Forbes, 4 Jan. 2025
So in late December, de Mey and a crew of three cast off from Tauranga, on New Zealand’s North Island Bay of Plenty, for the week-long voyage across the feisty Tasman Sea to Australia’s Sydney Harbor.
—Howard Walker, Robb Report, 30 Dec. 2024
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Mike Bianchi, Orlando Sentinel, 11 Jan. 2025
And the feisty Mayfield willed his offense toward effectiveness, scrambling seven times for 61 yards (finishing with a career-high 68 rushing yards) while also delivering two touchdown passes.
—Mike Jones, The Athletic, 5 Jan. 2025
The altercation with Bumrah on a feisty first day at the SCG was a case in point.
—Tim Ellis, Forbes, 4 Jan. 2025
So in late December, de Mey and a crew of three cast off from Tauranga, on New Zealand’s North Island Bay of Plenty, for the week-long voyage across the feisty Tasman Sea to Australia’s Sydney Harbor.
—Howard Walker, Robb Report, 30 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for feisty
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Diagnosed with medulloblastoma, an aggressive brain cancer that occurs most often in children and teens, Isabella survived.—
Liz McNeil,
People.com,
23 Jan. 2025
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An aggressive exterior, with more aero and venting, hints at the performance potential within.—
Michael Teo Van Runkle,
Forbes,
23 Jan. 2025
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In any case, the militant Islamist group is no longer the same organization that launched the October 7, 2023, massacre.—
Hussein Ibish,
The Atlantic,
19 Jan. 2025
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Palestinian statehood remains very difficult question for Israel to answer, pushed further away by the October 7 attacks and 15 months of brutal war in Gaza against Palestinian militant group Hamas.—
Ellie Cook,
Newsweek,
19 Jan. 2025
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Instead, she was hounded out of the classroom by authorities hostile to Western literature.—
Arash Azizi,
The Atlantic,
26 Jan. 2025
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Last year, Trump's predecessor Joe Biden fired the inspector general of the U.S. Railroad Retirement Board, after an investigation found the official had created a hostile work environment.—
Riley Beggin,
USA TODAY,
25 Jan. 2025
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President Joe Biden prioritized student loan forgiveness during his term, introducing broad and contentious programs—challenged by his opponents in the courts—to relieve people of large chunks of their college debt.—
David Faris,
Newsweek,
18 Jan. 2025
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The loud and contentious debate about whether Indiana and SMU deserved CFP at-large bids overshadowed the reality of postseason football in both college and the NFL.—
Scott Dochterman,
The Athletic,
18 Jan. 2025
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“Feisty.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/feisty. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
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