feisty

• acidic
• aggressive
• agonistic
• antagonistic
• argumentative
• assaultive
• battling
• bearish
• bellicose
• belligerent
• bilious
• brawly
• bristly
• chippy
• choleric
• combative
• confrontational
• contentious
• crabby
• cranky
• cross
• disagreeable
• discordant
• disputatious
• dyspeptic
• fierce
• fighting
• fractious
• fretful
• gladiatorial
• grouchy
• grumpy
• hostile
• hot-tempered
• huffy
• ill-humored
• ill-natured
• ill-tempered
• irascible
• irritable
• militant
• on the warpath
• ornery
• peevish
• pettish
• petulant
• prickly
• pugnacious
• quarrelsome
• querulous
• rude
• savage
• scrappy
• snappish
• snappy
• stroppy
• surly
• testy
• touchy
• truculent
• ugly
• vicious
• warlike
• warring
• waspish

• affable
• amiable
• amicable
• anti-imperialist
• antimilitarist
• benevolent
• benign
• calm
• complaisant
• conciliatory
• cordial
• easygoing
• friendly
• genial
• gentle
• good-natured
• good-tempered
• gracious
• ingratiating
• kindhearted
• kindly
• mild
• nonaggressive
• nonbelligerent
• obliging
• pacific
• peaceable
• peaceful
• pleasant
• quiet
• relaxed
• serene
• sociable
• tranquil
• unbelligerent
• uncombative
• uncontentious
• unwarlike

• adjective
  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.

• Despite her small size, she has a feisty personality.
• The kitten looked cute but turned out to be surprisingly feisty.
• His feisty comments sparked laughter around the table.
• She gave a feisty response to the unexpected question.
• The team admired his feisty determination on the field.

quarrelsome

unapologetic

warlike

bare-knuckle

bare-knuckled

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