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pugnacious meaning and definition
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Definition of pugnacious (adjective)
- tough and callous by virtue of experience
- synonyms: hard-bitten, hard-boiled
- 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"
- synonyms: rough
Source: Princeton University Wordnet