as in aggression
an inclination to fight or quarrel
a panel of political pundits with a well-earned reputation for unfettered feistiness
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Recent Examples of feistiness
Council, a 6-foot-4, 180-pound, 24-year-old native of Rochester, New York, showed some of that feistiness during the recent Pacers’ workout.
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Gary Bedore,
Kansas City Star,
10 June 2026
Thanks to the care from the hospital staff at Carne Foundation and her own feistiness, Sienna Bobbie Crocker now weighs seven pounds, 12 ½ ounces and last Monday, 43 days after her birthday, the family brought her home.
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Dana O’Neil,
CNN Money,
3 Apr. 2026
His feistiness didn’t require any time to reach its customary levels.
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Josh Yohe,
New York Times,
19 Mar. 2026
Mangiapane’s feistiness is something the group can learn from, now that the 29-year-old is suddenly a veteran in the locker room.
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Kalen Lumpkins,
Chicago Tribune,
14 Mar. 2026
Drescher brought greater visibility and idiosyncratic feistiness to SAG-AFTRA, but can that momentum be sustained?
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Katie Kilkenny,
HollywoodReporter,
20 Aug. 2025
Simeone will have to find ways to replace De Paul’s feistiness in midfield, Lino’s strong wing play, and Correa’s tenacity off the bench.
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Vitas Carosella,
Forbes.com,
12 Aug. 2025
Gary Bedore,
Kansas City Star,
10 June 2026
Thanks to the care from the hospital staff at Carne Foundation and her own feistiness, Sienna Bobbie Crocker now weighs seven pounds, 12 ½ ounces and last Monday, 43 days after her birthday, the family brought her home.
—
Dana O’Neil,
CNN Money,
3 Apr. 2026
His feistiness didn’t require any time to reach its customary levels.
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Josh Yohe,
New York Times,
19 Mar. 2026
Mangiapane’s feistiness is something the group can learn from, now that the 29-year-old is suddenly a veteran in the locker room.
—
Kalen Lumpkins,
Chicago Tribune,
14 Mar. 2026
Drescher brought greater visibility and idiosyncratic feistiness to SAG-AFTRA, but can that momentum be sustained?
—
Katie Kilkenny,
HollywoodReporter,
20 Aug. 2025
Simeone will have to find ways to replace De Paul’s feistiness in midfield, Lino’s strong wing play, and Correa’s tenacity off the bench.
—
Vitas Carosella,
Forbes.com,
12 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for feistiness
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Several Gulf countries have strongly denounced Iran's drone strikes Saturday on the island nation of Bahrain, while vowing to stand united against any possible aggression from Tehran in the future.
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And the specter of Russian military aggression has spurred much talk of pouring money into defense instead.
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Dillon Thieneman’s speed Since draft night in April, Thieneman has been lauded for his combination of speed, instincts and aggressiveness.
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This is a lineup structured to thrive with a small-ball approach — high batting average, chaos and aggressiveness on the basepaths, and manufacturing runs.
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But the results also suggested that in an earlier era, dark energy could have grown stronger, in seeming defiance of the law of energy conservation.
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Instead, Defendants appear to be actively undermining the restoration of the Kennedy Center’s name, in a petty act of defiance.
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The accord called for the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz and a halt to hostilities across the region, including in Lebanon.
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The memorandum of understanding calls for an end to all hostilities, including in Lebanon, where Israeli forces have been fighting Hezbollah.
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But all of that is in addition to his defense, his rebounding, his slashing, his voice, his pugnacity.
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Trump had won by fifty-three points there in 2016, and Greene’s paranoid pugnacity seemed like a good fit, if voters could stomach an outsider.
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“Feistiness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/feistiness. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.
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