feisty

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• /ˈfaɪsti/
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• CMU ARPABET: F AY1 S T IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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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.

93 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Czech: houževnatý — tenacious
• Czech: energický — tenacious
• Czech: rázný — tenacious
• Dutch: hardnekkig — tenacious
• Finnish: ärhäkkä — tenacious
• Finnish: kipakka — tenacious
• French: tenace — tenacious
• Galician: tenaz — tenacious
• Galician: obstinado — tenacious
• Galician: teimoso — tenacious
• Georgian: შეუპოვარი (šeuṗovari) — tenacious
• Georgian: უდრეკი (udreḳi) — tenacious
• Georgian: ჯიუტი (ǯiuṭi) — tenacious
• Georgian: მტკიცე (mṭḳice) — tenacious
• Georgian: გამძლე (gamʒle) — tenacious
• German: zäh — tenacious
• German: hartnäckig — tenacious
• German: lebhaft — tenacious
• German: temperamentvoll — tenacious
• German: munter — tenacious
• German: quirlig — tenacious
• German: beherzt — tenacious
• German: lebendig — tenacious
• German: mutig — tenacious
• German: resolut — tenacious
• Greek: δυναμικός (dynamikós) — tenacious
• Greek: ενεργητικός (energitikós) — tenacious
• Greek: επίμονος (epímonos) — tenacious
• Hungarian: heves — tenacious
• Hungarian: tüzes — tenacious
• Hungarian: eleven — tenacious
• Hungarian: élénk — tenacious
• Hungarian: energikus — tenacious
• Italian: tenace — tenacious
• Italian: tosto — tenacious
• Macedonian: у́порен (úporen) — tenacious
• Macedonian: на́метлив (námetliv) — tenacious
• Māori: hōriri — tenacious
• Māori: whitawhita — tenacious
• Portuguese: tenaz — tenacious
• Portuguese: obstinado — tenacious
• Portuguese: perseverante — tenacious
• Romanian: tenace — tenacious
• Russian: напо́ристый (napóristyj) — tenacious
• Spanish: tenaz — tenacious
• Swedish: ettrig — tenacious
• Central Bikol: uragon — belligerent
• Czech: útočný — belligerent
• Czech: agresivní — belligerent
• Czech: bojovný — belligerent
• Czech: kurážný — belligerent
• Czech: smělý — belligerent
• Dutch: strijdlustig — belligerent
• Dutch: strijdbaar — belligerent
• Dutch: vechtlustig — belligerent
• Finnish: ärhäkkä — belligerent
• French: agressif — belligerent
• Georgian: ფიცხი (picxi) — belligerent
• German: streitsüchtig — belligerent
• German: kampflustig — belligerent
• German: streitbar — belligerent
• German: übellaunig — belligerent
• German: angriffslustig — belligerent
• German: resolut — belligerent
• Greek: μαχητικός (machitikós) — belligerent
• Hungarian: harcias — belligerent
• Italian: combattivo — belligerent
• Māori: whakatuma — belligerent
• Portuguese: invocado — belligerent
• Portuguese: brigão — belligerent
• Portuguese: briguento — belligerent
• Russian: вздо́рный (vzdórnyj) — belligerent
• Spanish: agresivo — belligerent
• Swedish: stridslysten — belligerent
• Swedish: stridbar — belligerent
• Thai: ซ่า (sâa) — belligerent
• Czech: svárlivý — easily offended
• Czech: hašteřivý — easily offended
• Dutch: lichtgeraakt — easily offended
• Finnish: herkkänahkainen — easily offended
• Finnish: ärhäkkä — easily offended
• Georgian: ფხუკიანი (pxuḳiani) — easily offended
• Georgian: ჭირვეული (č̣irveuli) — easily offended
• German: empfindlich — easily offended
• German: reizbar — easily offended
• German: überlaunig — easily offended
• German: streitsüchtig — easily offended
• German: verletzlich — easily offended
• Greek: επιθετικός (epithetikós) — easily offended
• Greek: εριστικός (eristikós) — easily offended
• Hungarian: sértődékeny — easily offended
• Portuguese: melindroso — easily offended
• Vietnamese: đanh đá — easily offended