pugnacious

Meaning

Naturally aggressive or hostile; combative; belligerent; bellicose.

Synonyms

quarrelsome

combative

belligerent

hard-boiled

combatant

militant

rough

aggressive

self-assertive

hard-bitten

warring

battleful

battlesome

agonistical

battailous

antipeace

antagonistic

bellicose

contentious

defiant

feisty

fierce

hawkish

termagant

vixenish

Translations

belicoso

strijdlustig

kampflustig

kavgacı

pugnace

batailleur

streitsüchtig

twistziek

belicoso

pugnace

bellatorius

querelleur

combattivo

kämpferisch

bagarreur

Pronounced as (IPA)

/pʌɡˈneɪ.ʃəs/

Etymology

From the stem of Latin pugnāx + -ous, from pugnō (“I fight”), from pugnus (“fist”).