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Angry vs Feisty - What's the difference?

angry | feisty |

As adjectives the difference between angry and feisty

is that angry is displaying or feeling anger while feisty is tenacious, energetic, spunky.

angry

English

Adjective

(er)
  • Displaying or feeling anger.
  • *
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  • (said about a wound or a rash) Inflamed and painful.
    • The broken glass left two angry cuts across my arm.
  • Dark and stormy, menacing.
    • Angry clouds raced across the sky.
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    Synonyms

    * (displaying anger) mad, enraged, wrathful, furious, apoplectic; irritated, annoyed, vexed, pissed off, cheesed off, worked up, psyched up * See also

    Derived terms

    * angrily * angriness * Angry Young Man

    See also

    * (Anger)

    Anagrams

    * 1000 English basic words ----

    feisty

    English

    Adjective

    (en-adj)
  • Tenacious, energetic, spunky.
  • Belligerent; prepared to stand and fight, especially in spite of relatively small stature or some other disadvantage.
  • Easily offended and ready to bicker.

    • Derived terms

    * feistily * feistiness

    References

    English words not following the I before E except after C rule