pugnacious

Letters that make pugnacious

s, a, o, g, n, p, c, i, u are letters that make 'pugnacious'

Words within pugnacious

CIO, NAC, AC, IOU, Ci, ci, pug, US, Io, Ac, Pu, Na are words within 'pugnacious'


2 possible definitions for 'pugnacious'

Pugnacious as "tough and callous by virtue of experience"

Under this definition, pugnacious is an adjective and has the following properties:

Synonyms

hard-bitten, hard-boiled have the same meaning as 'pugnacious'

Similar to pugnacious

tough is similar to pugnacious.


Pugnacious as "ready and able to resort to force or violence"

Under this definition, pugnacious is an adjective and has the following properties:

Synonyms

rough has the same meaning as pugnacious

Derivatives of pugnacious

aggressiveness, belligerence, pugnacity, disorderliness, rowdyism, roughness, rowdiness are derivatives of 'pugnacious'.

Similar to pugnacious

aggressive is similar to pugnacious.

Example of pugnacious used within this context

"pugnacious spirits...lamented that there was so little prospect of an exhilarating disturbance"- Herman Melville, "they were rough and determined fighting men"



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