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
The feisty Los Angeles Rams made the Steelers work for it, as Pittsburgh trailed going into the fourth quarter.
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Jim Reineking, USA TODAY, 7 Feb. 2025
Defense Craig is best known as a feisty and versatile defender.
—Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 7 Feb. 2025
The decisive victory couldn’t have come at a better time for a team preparing for the second leg of a back-to-back against the feisty Detroit Pistons on Monday.
—Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 12 Jan. 2025
Celia Imrie plays a feisty mother debilitated by the effects of a stroke, with the ever-welcome Tamsin Greig as her daughter, who is facing difficulties with a child of her own.
—Matt Wolf, New York Times, 3 Jan. 2025
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Jim Reineking, USA TODAY, 7 Feb. 2025
Defense Craig is best known as a feisty and versatile defender.
—Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 7 Feb. 2025
The decisive victory couldn’t have come at a better time for a team preparing for the second leg of a back-to-back against the feisty Detroit Pistons on Monday.
—Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 12 Jan. 2025
Celia Imrie plays a feisty mother debilitated by the effects of a stroke, with the ever-welcome Tamsin Greig as her daughter, who is facing difficulties with a child of her own.
—Matt Wolf, New York Times, 3 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for feisty
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New numbers show 52% of detainees were originally arrested by ICE compared to 48% first apprehended by Customs and Border Protection (CBP), signaling how aggressive the Trump administration is turning toward the interior of the nation for immigration enforcement.—
Russell Contreras,
Axios,
28 Feb. 2025
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With Oklahoma City, currently the best and most aggressive defense in the league by a wide margin, there isn’t just one candidate.—
Shane Young,
Forbes,
28 Feb. 2025
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Hamas, which has fought Israeli troops for more than a year in its Gaza stronghold since attacking communities in southern Israel on Oct 7, 2023, said sending tanks showed the threats faced by Israeli troops from militant fighters in the camps.—
Raneen Sawafta and James Mackenzie,
USA TODAY,
25 Feb. 2025
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The militant group hoped the event would revive its battered image.—
Emmett Lindner,
New York Times,
23 Feb. 2025
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In a notable thawing of tensions between Russia and the U.S., Trump even promised to visit Moscow, and said Putin would be welcome in Washington, D.C. The president has also become increasingly hostile toward Ukraine.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
20 Feb. 2025
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China’s relentless nuclear buildup, its hostile espionage operations, its militant rhetoric, and, above all, its support for Russia suggest that Xi has already made his call and that a confrontation with the United States is inevitable.—
Sergey Radchenko,
Foreign Affairs,
18 Feb. 2025
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There were several contentious incidents in this rather odd and chaotic match that had appeared as good as over with around 20 minutes left, before several late twists.—
Patrick Boyland,
The Athletic,
23 Feb. 2025
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Maybe the most contentious issue ever to divide these two camps is whether or not to replace notoriously inaccurate human home plate umpires with less fallible machines.—
Mack DeGeurin,
Popular Science,
21 Feb. 2025
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“Feisty.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/feisty. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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