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adjective
- 1. eager or quick to argue, quarrel, or fight: "his public statements became increasingly pugnacious"
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The meaning of PUGNACIOUS is having a quarrelsome or combative nature : truculent. How to use pugnacious in a sentence. Did you know? Synonym Discussion of Pugnacious.
PUGNACIOUS definition: 1. wanting to start an argument or fight, or expressing an argument or opinion very forcefully: 2…. Learn more.
Pugnacious means ready for a fight. If you're pugnacious, you might find it hard to make friends. On the other hand, you might be a very successful professional boxer one day.
adjective. inclined to quarrel or fight readily; quarrelsome; belligerent; combative. Synonyms: bellicose, contentious, argumentative. Antonyms: agreeable. pugnacious. / pʌɡˈneɪʃəs; pʌɡˈnæsɪtɪ / adjective. readily disposed to fight; belligerent.
adjective. Someone who is pugnacious is always ready to quarrel or start a fight. [formal] ...the pugnacious little Scouse striker who terrorised defences across the North West in a prolific playing career. Synonyms: aggressive, contentious, irritable, belligerent More Synonyms of pugnacious. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary.
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"
Definition of pugnacious adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
pugnacious meaning, definition, what is pugnacious: very eager to argue or fight with people...: Learn more.
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Synonyms for PUGNACIOUS: aggressive, militant, hostile, contentious, irritable, belligerent, feisty, combative; Antonyms of PUGNACIOUS: peaceable, peaceful, nonaggressive, pacific, amiable, friendly, pleasant, unwarlike.
