pugnacity

pug·na·cious (p

g-n

adj.

Combative in nature; belligerent. See Synonyms at belligerent.

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

pug·nacious·ly adv.

pug·nacious·ness, pug·naci·ty (-n

-t

) n.

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Noun

pugnacity - a natural disposition to be hostile

belligerence, aggressiveness

disagreeableness - an ill-tempered and offensive disposition

bellicoseness, bellicosity - a natural disposition to fight

truculence, truculency - obstreperous and defiant aggressiveness

Translations

pugnacity [pʌgˈnæsɪtɪ] N → pugnacidad f, agresividad f

pugnacity [pʌgˈnæsɪti] n → pugnacité f

pugnacity

n → Kampfeslust f; (verbal) → Streitsüchtigkeit f; (of expression, remark) → Herausforderung f (→ of in +dat); (of support, defence) → Hartnäckigkeit f; (of campaign) → Aggressivität f; the pugnacity of his approach → die Aggressivität seiner Vorgehensweise

pugnacity [pʌgˈnæsɪtɪ] n → combattività, bellicosità

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I don't know how it is, but since my imprisonment I feel a strange and almost irresistible pugnacity.

The Black Tulip by Dumas, Alexandre View in context

Very much indeed of what we call moral education, he said, is such an artificial modification and perversion of instinct; pugnacity is trained into courageous self-sacrifice, and suppressed sexuality into religious emotion.

The Island of Doctor Moreau by Wells, H.G. View in context

His tone had taken on that shade of pugnacity which suggested to his sister that some personal grievance drove him to take the line he did.

Night and Day by Woolf, Virginia View in context

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