pugnacious
aggressive
TRANSLATION
kampflustig, kämpferisch
STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
"PUGNACIOUS Mugabe still firmly in control - The Zimbabwean president has neutralised or compromised every challenge to his power and is now being feted in Paris and Brussels..."
(The Guardian - 6th March 2001)
(The Guardian - 6th March 2001)
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Meaning:
1. Combative in nature; belligerent.
From the Latin pugnx, pugnc-, from pugnre, to fight, from pugnus, fist.
Lots and lots of synonyms for this word - take your pick:
aggressive, antagonistic, argumentative, bellicose, brawling, cantankerous, choleric, combative, contentious, defiant, disputatious, dukes up, hot-tempered, irascible, irritable, militant, petulant, pushing, pushy, quarrelsome, rebellious, salty, scrappy, self-assertive, truculent, warlike.
Meaning:
1. Combative in nature; belligerent.
From the Latin pugnx, pugnc-, from pugnre, to fight, from pugnus, fist.
Lots and lots of synonyms for this word - take your pick:
aggressive, antagonistic, argumentative, bellicose, brawling, cantankerous, choleric, combative, contentious, defiant, disputatious, dukes up, hot-tempered, irascible, irritable, militant, petulant, pushing, pushy, quarrelsome, rebellious, salty, scrappy, self-assertive, truculent, warlike.
