pugnacious (redirected from pugnaciousness)

pug·na·cious  (pg-nshs)

adj.

Combative in nature; belligerent. See Synonyms at belligerent.

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[From Latin pugnx, pugnc-, from pugnre, to fight, from pugnus, fist; see peuk- in Indo-European roots.]

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pug·nacious·ly adv.

pug·nacious·ness, pug·naci·ty (-ns-t) n.

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pugnacious [pʌgˈneɪʃəs]

adj

readily disposed to fight; belligerent

[from Latin pugnāx]

pugnaciously  adv

pugnacity  [pʌgˈnæsɪtɪ], pugnaciousness n

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	pugnacious - tough and callous by virtue of experience hard-bitten, hard-boiled tough - not given to gentleness or sentimentality; "a tough character"
	2.	pugnacious - 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" rough aggressive - having or showing determination and energetic pursuit of your ends; "an aggressive businessman"; "an aggressive basketball player"; "he was aggressive and imperious; positive in his convictions"; "aggressive drivers"

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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 [pʌgˈneɪʃəs] ADJ → pugnaz, agresivo

pugnacious [pʌgˈneɪʃəs] adj → pugnace

pugnacious

adj → kampfeslustig; (verbally) → streitsüchtig; expression, remark → herausfordernd; support, defence → hartnäckig; campaign → aggressiv

pugnacious [pʌgˈneɪʃəs] adj → bellicoso/a, battagliero/a

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pugnacious [pʌgˈneɪʃəs] adj → bellicoso/a, battagliero/a