feisty

Signification (Anglais)

1. Tenacious, energetic, spunky.
2. Belligerent; prepared to stand and fight, especially in spite of relatively small stature or some other disadvantage.
3. Easily offended and ready to bicker.

Concepts

agressif

à la peau fine

belliqueux

courageux

querelleur

susceptible

tenace

belligérant

qui a du tempérament

Synonymes

spunky

thin-skinned

touchy

plucky

huffy

irascible

militant

pugnacious

quarrelsome

short-tempered

warring

bad-tempered

antipeace

belligerent

brave

courageous

fussy

Traductions

streitsüchtig

strijdlustig

lebhaft

tenace

agressivo

lebendig

combattivo

munter

kampflustig

tosto

übellaunig

am Krieg beteiligt

zäh

kriegsführend

Krieg führend

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈfaɪsti/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: -

Hérité de ancien anglais: -

In summary

1896, American, feist (“small, aggressive dog”) + -y; the term feist (now rare) itself originally meant “stink”, and earlier “fart”, from Middle English, from Old English, from Proto-Germanic, presumably from Proto-Indo-European – see feist for details.