Feisty is an English word with synonyms like plucky or spunky. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Feisty in a sentence
Feisty meaning
- Tenacious, energetic, spunky.
- Belligerent; prepared to stand and fight, especially in spite of relatively small stature or some other disadvantage.
- Easily offended and ready to bicker.
Using Feisty
- The main meaning on this page is: Tenacious, energetic, spunky. | Belligerent; prepared to stand and fight, especially in spite of relatively small stature or some other disadvantage. | Easily offended and ready to bicker.
- Useful related words include: plucky, spunky, spirited, huffy.
- In the example corpus, feisty often appears in combinations such as: the feisty, feisty and, and feisty.
Context around Feisty
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 9 middle, 7 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 0 questions, 1 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Feisty
- In this selection, "feisty" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 21.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, aggressive, little, bit, encounter, start and ginger stand out and add context to how "feisty" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a little feisty mom and and all the feisty ginger life. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "feisty" sits close to words such as abstain, acrylic and adc, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with feisty
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Wainwright was as feisty as Alice Roberts in her defence of television. (12 words)
The feisty styling boasts flared fenders, muscular side panels and an arousing rear spoiler. (14 words)
Revel Horwood described the dance as “feisty” and they were given 38 points by the judges. (16 words)
The feisty African primate said there can be no negotiations or back-tracking on what God has done, or about the teaching, the ministry, the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. (31 words)
The first full meeting of Council was a feisty encounter as opposition councillors poked at the Labour Party masses in the town hall for refusing to allow public members to speak. (31 words)
Susie Phillips of Shropshire Cat Rescue said: "Molly is a typical calico, she does what she wants to do, she can be a little bit feisty. (26 words)
One feisty little lady grabbed the pie out of my hands and ran with it to the hooting and hollering of the others! (23 words)
Example sentences (20)
But on 27 minutes, Newcastle came close to going two down in what had been a feisty start at Elland Road.
Finally, it's the Champions League this week and the interesting tie for me is AC Milan v Napoli - it could be a feisty one.
Harry is now completely beige: beige skin, beige hair, beige clothes – as if all the feisty ginger life-blood is being drained out of him.
He benefited from the presence of Ross Perot, the feisty third-party candidate who spent most of his time attacking Bush.
In Brian Flores’ defense, aggressive, feisty corners are a need, and that’s what Deonte Banks brings.
It was also Paredes' wayward blast at the Dutch bench that sparked a brawl between the two sides during their feisty encounter in the quarters.
Jude Bellingham dragged Real Madrid back to life, scoring twice to help Ancelotti's men defeat Barcelona 2-1 in a feisty ElClassico.
On certain occasions, when he become a little feisty, mom and dad let Sidney suck on one of his pacifiers.
One feisty little lady grabbed the pie out of my hands and ran with it to the hooting and hollering of the others!
Revel Horwood described the dance as “feisty” and they were given 38 points by the judges.
Susie Phillips of Shropshire Cat Rescue said: "Molly is a typical calico, she does what she wants to do, she can be a little bit feisty.
The feisty African primate said there can be no negotiations or back-tracking on what God has done, or about the teaching, the ministry, the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ.
The feisty styling boasts flared fenders, muscular side panels and an arousing rear spoiler.
The first full meeting of Council was a feisty encounter as opposition councillors poked at the Labour Party masses in the town hall for refusing to allow public members to speak.
The German’s former employers then visit Elland Road for what will be a feisty West Yorkshire derby shortly after Leeds’ trip to Stoke City.
These are the “New Jews” Markowicz describes in America today, and they are a welcome bunch of feisty activists.
The Town chief is first to admit that his relationship with Thomas can be a feisty one, at times.
This feisty bundle hails from and is the result of visiting Dachshund-type dogs breeding with local Irish pooches of terrier extraction.
Wainwright was as feisty as Alice Roberts in her defence of television.
What It’s About in One Sentence: spin-off that centers around how a feisty wizard named Megumin got her powerful explosion magic.
Common combinations with feisty
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the feisty 15×
- feisty and 8×
- and feisty 8×
- be feisty 6×
- of feisty 6×
- as feisty 6×
- her feisty 4×
- feisty little 4×
- this feisty 4×
- is feisty 4×