Pugnacious - Definition
pugnacious
adj 1: tough and callous by virtue of experience [syn: hard-
bitten, hard-boiled, pugnacious]
2: 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" [syn: pugnacious, rough]