Associations to the word «Pugnacious»

Wiktionary

PUGNACIOUS, adjective. Naturally aggressive or hostile; combative; belligerent.

Dictionary definition

PUGNACIOUS, adjective. Tough and callous by virtue of experience.
PUGNACIOUS, adjective. 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".

Wise words

There is no sickness worse for me than words that to be kind must lie.
Aeschylus