spunky, spirited, tenacious, pugnacious, scrappy, fearless, fiery, plucky, headstrong, ferocious, brash, gutsy, sassy, vivacious, combative, irrepressible, mouthy, cantankerous, ornery, boisterous, energetic, steely, wily, excitable, indomitable, unflappable, irascible, timid, fierce, rambunctious, amiable, temperamental, frisky, doughty, talkative, loquacious, outspoken, garrulous, perky, chatty, jovial, lively, flamboyant, gregarious, prickly, bossy, cocky, chirpy, demure, ebullient, coltish, genial, affable, testy, sprightly, tempestuous, charismatic, snarly, stubborn, opinionated, gritty, precocious, voluble, raucous, flinty, dauntless, cranky, fearsome, diminutive, impetuous, ballsy, redoubtable, likeable, acerbic, impish, streetwise, cagey, brassy, chippy, spiteful, dour, foxy, meek, tetchy, gruff, tough, easygoing, spritely, effervescent, forceful, chesty, haughty, exuberant, jocular, brainy, truculent, crafty, charming, indefatigable, stoic, pixieish, assertive, shy, flighty, personable, pushy, haired, lovable, reticent, likable, quarrelsome, resourceful

matriarch

ill-natured, touchy