pugnacious - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'pugnacious' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Pugnacious

[ a.]

- Disposed to fight; inclined to fighting; quarrelsome; fighting.

1 . pugnacious

[ s]

Meaning (1):
- ready and able to resort to force or violence

Example in sentence:

pugnacious spirits...lamented that there was so little prospect of an exhilarating disturbance;
they were rough and determined fighting men

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