Definitions for: Pugnacious


[adj] 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"
[adj] tough and callous by virtue of experience



Webster (1913) Definition: Pug*na"cious, a. [L. pugnax, -acis, fr. pugnare to
fight. Cf. Pugilism, Fist.]
Disposed to fight; inclined to fighting; quarrelsome;
fighting. --Pug*na"cious*ly, adv. -- Pug*na"cious*ness,
n.

Synonyms: aggressive, hard-bitten, hard-boiled, rough, tough

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