feisty

Senso (Inglese)

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.

Concetti

combattivo

tenace

tosto

belligerante

guerreggiante

sinonimi

spunky

thin-skinned

touchy

plucky

huffy

irascible

militant

pugnacious

quarrelsome

short-tempered

warring

bad-tempered

antipeace

belligerent

brave

courageous

fussy

Traduzioni

streitsüchtig

lebendig

agressif

strijdlustig

agressivo

übellaunig

lebhaft

munter

kampflustig

am Krieg beteiligt

zäh

Krieg führend

bel·ligerant

kriegsführend

streitlustig

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ˈfaɪsti/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da inglese medio: -

Ereditato da inglese antico: -

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.