pugnacious
11pugnacious — pug|na|cious [pʌgˈneıʃəs] adj formal [Date: 1600 1700; : Latin; Origin: pugnax, from pugnare to fight ] very eager to argue or fight with people ▪ The professor had been pugnacious and irritable. >pugnaciously adv >pugnacity [pʌgˈnæsıti] n… …
12pugnacious — [17] Latin pugnus meant ‘fist’ (it may have been related to Greek pugmé ‘fist’, source of English pygmy). From it was derived the verb pugnāre ‘hit with the fist’, hence ‘fight’, which has given English impugn [14], repugnant [14], and, via the… …
13pugnacious — adjective this looks like the kind of dive that appeals to pugnacious patrons Syn: combative, aggressive, antagonistic, belligerent, bellicose, warlike, quarrelsome, argumentative, contentious, disputatious, hostile, threatening, truculent; fiery …
14pugnacious — [17] Latin pugnus meant ‘fist’ (it may have been related to Greek pugmé ‘fist’, source of English pygmy). From it was derived the verb pugnāre ‘hit with the fist’, hence ‘fight’, which has given English impugn [14], repugnant [14], and, via the… …
15pugnacious — adjective Etymology: Latin pugnac , pugnax, from pugnare to fight more at pungent Date: 1642 having a quarrelsome or combative nature ; truculent Synonyms: see belligerent • pugnaciously adverb • pugnaciousness noun • pugnacity …
16pugnacious — pugnaciously, adv. pugnacity /pug nas i tee/, pugnaciousness, n. /pug nay sheuhs/, adj. inclined to quarrel or fight readily; quarrelsome; belligerent; combative. [1635 45; pugnaci(ty) ( < L pugnacitas combativeness, equiv. to pugnaci , s. of… …
17pugnacious — Synonyms and related words: aggressive, antagonistic, battling, bellicose, belligerent, bickering, bloodthirsty, bloody, bloody minded, brawling, chauvinist, chauvinistic, combative, contentious, disputatious, divisive, enemy, eristic, factional …
18pugnacious — pug|na|cious [ pʌg neıʃəs ] adjective FORMAL quick to argue or fight with people ╾ pug|na|cious|ly adverb ╾ pug|nac|i|ty [ pʌg næsəti ] noun uncount …
19pugnacious — pug·na·cious || pÊŒg neɪʃəs adj. inclined to fight, combative, truculent …
20pugnacious — [pʌg neɪʃəs] adjective eager or quick to argue, quarrel, or fight. Derivatives pugnaciously adverb pugnacity noun Origin C17: from L. pugnax, pugnac (from pugnare to fight ) + ious …
