Pugnacious Definition & Meaning
pugnacious
- adjective
- tough and callous by virtue of experience
- 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"
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- What does pugnacious mean?
- tough and callous by virtue of experience 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"
- What part of speech is pugnacious?
- Pugnacious is an adjective.
- How many definitions does pugnacious have?
- Pugnacious has 2 definitions across 1 part of speech (adjective).