Synonyms of feistiness

feistiness

noun

as in aggression

an inclination to fight or quarrel

a panel of political pundits with a well-earned reputation for unfettered feistiness

Synonyms & Similar Words

• aggression
• aggressiveness
• defiance
• hostility
• pugnacity
• combativeness
• belligerence
• scrappiness
• fight
• militancy
• militance
• truculence
• bellicosity
• contentiousness
• assaultiveness
• belligerency
• fierceness
• disputatiousness
• quarrelsomeness
• irritability
• antagonism
• chip on one's shoulder
• militantness
• unfriendliness
• orneriness
• petulance
• irascibility
• irritableness
• testiness
• surliness
• jingoism
• peevishness
• imperialism
• rudeness
• crankiness
• militarism
• grumpiness
• hyperaggressiveness
• disagreeableness
• grouchiness
• fractiousness
• crossness
• querulousness
• fretfulness
• acidity
• huffiness
• biliousness
• pettishness
• captiousness
• waspishness
• irascibleness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• pacifism
• friendliness
• nonaggression
• gentleness
• sociability
• benevolence
• cordiality
• amiability
• graciousness
• geniality
• affability
• pleasantness
• antimilitarism
• kindliness
• mildness
• amicability
• anti-imperialism
• antiaggression
• complaisance
• amenability
• placability

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of feistiness

But behind all this commitment to the well-known — if refreshed-by-puppets — bit is a wistfulness and a feistiness that turn this revival into something stranger and more poignant than even, perhaps, its creators intended. — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 28 Sep. 2026

Some of Apple’s old feistiness needs to return, too, several experts said, pointing to the underdog energy Elon Musk brings to Tesla and SpaceX as an example of what can drive real innovation. — Sebastian Herrera, Fortune, 25 July 2026

Many of Paraguay’s transgressions could have ended in yellow cards, but did not and towards the end, France brought their own feistiness to the fore. — Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 7 July 2026

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. — 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

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