ADJ-GRADED (常指出乎意料地)顽强独立的,精神抖擞的 If you describe someone as feisty, you mean that they are tough, independent, and spirited, often when you would not expect them to be, for example because they are old or ill. (常指出乎意料地)顽强独立的,精神抖擞的
The soldier looked incredulously at the feisty child.