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pugnacious [pʌgˈneɪʃəs] adj
readily disposed to fight; belligerent [from Latin pugnāx] pugnaciously adv pugnacity [pʌgˈnæsɪtɪ], pugnaciousness n ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
pugnacious adjective aggressive, contentious, irritable, belligerent, combative, petulant, antagonistic, argumentative, bellicose, irascible, quarrelsome, hot-tempered, choleric, disputatious He was in a pugnacious mood when he spoke to us. quiet, calm, gentle, peaceful, conciliatory, pacific, placid, peace-loving, peaceable, placatory, irenic Translations pugnacious adj → kampfeslustig; (verbally) → streitsüchtig; expression, remark → herausfordernd; support, defence → hartnäckig; campaign → aggressiv pugnacious [pʌgˈneɪʃəs] adj → bellicoso/a, battagliero/a pugnacious [pʌgˈneɪʃəs] adj → bellicoso/a, battagliero/a How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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For Glaucon, who is always the most pugnacious of men, was dissatisfied at Thrasymachus' retirement; he wanted to have the battle out. For while those female whales are characteristically timid, the young males, or forty-barrel-bulls, as they call them, are by far the most pugnacious of all Leviathans, and proverbially the most dangerous to encounter; excepting those wondrous grey-headed, grizzled whales, sometimes met, and these will fight you like grim fiends exasperated by a penal gout. These, in general, are animals of peaceful demeanor, grazing quietly like domestic cattle; but this was the season when they are in heat, and when the bulls are usually fierce and pugnacious. |
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