Defenition of the word pugnacious

• Defenition of the word pugnacious

  • tough and callous by virtue of experience
  • ready and able to resort to force or violence; "pugnacious spirits...lamented that there was so little prospect of an exhilarating disturbance"- Herman Melville; "they were rough and determined fighting men"
  • ready and able to resort to force or violence

Synonyms for the word pugnacious

• • aggressive
  • argumentative
  • belligerent
  • confrontational
  • contentious
  • hard-bitten
  • hard-boiled
  • rough
  • truculent

Similar words in the pugnacious

• • aggressive
  • pugnacious
  • pugnaciously
  • tough

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