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Pugnacious (adjective)
pug·na·cious [puhg-ney-shuhs]


adjective
1. inclined to quarrel or fight readily; quarrelsome; belligerent; combative.

OTHER WORDS FROM PUGNACIOUS
pug·na·cious·ly, adverb
pug·nac·i·ty [puhg-nas-i-tee], pug·na·cious·ness, noun
un·pug·na·cious, adjective
un·pug·na·cious·ly, adverb

WORDS RELATED TO PUGNACIOUS
aggressive, antagonistic, argumentative, bellicose, brawling, cantankerous, chip on shoulder, choleric, combative, contentious, defiant, disputatious, have a bone to pick, hot-tempered, irascible, irritable, militant, petulant, pushing, pushy

See synonyms for: pugnacious / pugnaciousness / pugnacity on Thesaurus.com
OTHER WORDS FOR PUGNACIOUS
argumentative, contentious, bellicose.

OPPOSITES FOR PUGNACIOUS
agreeable.

ORIGIN: First recorded in 1635–45; pugnaci(ty) (from Latin pugnacitas “combativeness,” equivalent to pugnaci-, stem of pugnax combative (akin to pugil; see pugilism) + -tas -ty2) + -ous

HOW TO USE PUGNACIOUS IN A SENTENCE
Rumsfeld was more complex and paradoxical than the public caricature of him as a pugnacious, inflexible villain would suggest.
DONALD H. RUMSFELD, INFLUENTIAL BUT CONTROVERSIAL BUSH DEFENSE SECRETARY, DIES AT 88|BRADLEY GRAHAM|JUNE 30, 2021|WASHINGTON POST

It all ended badly last October when Glenn Greenwald, the pugnacious, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, quit the investigative news site he had co-founded six years earlier.
GLENN GREENWALD MAY HAVE QUIT THE INTERCEPT, BUT HE CAN’T QUIT THE FEUD|PAUL FARHI|MAY 21, 2021|WASHINGTON POST

To be sure, the pugnacious poet had his moments of assurance.
TWO CENTURIES AFTER JOHN KEATS’S DEATH, HIS FAMOUS ODES ARE STILL SPARKING NEW DISCUSSIONS|TROY JOLLIMORE|FEBRUARY 25, 2021|WASHINGTON POST

He said that on the whole he got a better reception from Republicans, especially the pugnacious Sen. John McCain (R-AZ).
SHOULD THE U.S. ARM UKRAINE’S MILITIAS?|JAMIE DETTMER|NOVEMBER 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST

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Date: 2022-07-20 05:29 am (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] calzephyr
I remember when my junior high English teacher taught us this word. I think it was in a short story and she had to define it for us. For some reason my classmates glommed onto it and used it a lot, to a ridiculous extent.

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Date: 2022-07-20 06:38 am (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] sallymn
Well, it's such a fun word!
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