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

When you have spoken the word, it reigns over you. When it is unspoken you reign over it.
Arabian Proverb