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pugnacious

/p/@/g'n/eI//S//@/s/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

adjective

  1. Disposed to fight; inclined to fighting; quarrelsome; fighting.

    adjective

    Source: webster1913

adjective satellite

  1. tough and callous by virtue of experience

    adj.all

    Synonyms hard-bitten hard-boiled

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  2. ready and able to resort to force or violence

    adj.all

    Examples
    Pugnacious spirits...lamented that there was so little prospect of an exhilarating disturbance.
    Synonyms rough

    Source: WordNet 3.0

Nearby words

pugilpugilismpugilistpugilisticpuginpugliapugnaciouslypugnacitypuhpuisnepuisnypuissance

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