All pugnacious synonyms
pugΒ·naΒ·cious
P p adj pugnacious
- bellicose β You use bellicose to refer to aggressive actions or behaviour that are likely to start an argument or a fight.
- fighting β fit to fight: a boxer who's no longer in fighting shape.
- hardline β an uncompromising or unyielding stand, especially in politics.
- flipper β a broad, flat limb, as of a seal or whale, especially adapted for swimming.
- assertory β characterized by or relating to declaration or affirmation
- have it in for β Usually, haves. an individual or group that has wealth, social position, or other material benefits (contrasted with have-not).
- belligerent β A belligerent person is hostile and aggressive.
- aggressive β An aggressive person or animal has a quality of anger and determination that makes them ready to attack other people.
- combative β A person who is combative is aggressive and eager to fight or argue.
- anti β You can refer to people who are opposed to a particular activity or idea as antis.
- in arms β armed and prepared for war
- ill-disposed β unfriendly, unsympathetic, or having a negative attitude, as toward another person or an idea.
- disputatious β fond of or given to disputation; argumentative; contentious: disputatious litigants.
- gladiatorial β of or relating to gladiators or to their combats.
- martial β inclined or disposed to war; warlike: The ancient Romans were a martial people.
- inhumane β not humane; lacking humanity, kindness, compassion, etc.
- have a bone to pick β to have grounds for a quarrel
- in-humane β not humane; lacking humanity, kindness, compassion, etc.
- at loggerheads β If two or more people or groups are at loggerheads, they disagree very strongly with each other.
- militant β vigorously active and aggressive, especially in support of a cause: militant reformers.
- cat-and-dog β continuously or unceasingly vicious and destructive: cat-and-dog competition.
- anarchistic β An anarchistic person believes in anarchism. Anarchistic activity or literature promotes anarchism.
- confrontational β If you describe the way that someone behaves as confrontational, you are showing your disapproval of the fact that they are aggressive and likely to cause an argument or dispute.
- dissentious β contentious; quarrelsome.
- hawkish β resembling a hawk, as in appearance or behavior.
- argumentative β Someone who is argumentative is always ready to disagree or start quarrelling with other people.
- feller β Robert William Andrew ("Bob"; "Bullet Bob") 1918β2010, U.S. baseball player.
- hostile β of, relating to, or characteristic of an enemy: a hostile nation.
adjective pugnacious
- jousting β a combat in which two knights on horseback attempted to unhorse each other with blunted lances.
- militarist β a person imbued with militarism.
- militaristic β a person imbued with militarism.
- warlike β fit, qualified, or ready for war; martial: a warlike fleet; warlike tribes.
- disputative β Tending to dispute.
- oppugnant β opposing; antagonistic; contrary.
- hardboiled β Alternative spelling of hard-boiled.
- jingoistic β the spirit, policy, or practice of jingoes; bellicose chauvinism.
- quarrelsome β inclined to quarrel; argumentative; contentious.
- warmongering β the practices and principles of a warmonger.
noun pugnacious
- belligerents β warlike; given to waging war.
- litigiousness β of or relating to litigation.
- contraries β opposite in nature or character; diametrically or mutually opposed: contrary to fact; contrary propositions.