Pugnacity

//pʌɡˈnæsəti//

Synonyms for "pugnacity" (28 found)

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Closest matches (6)

aggression aggressiveness antagonism attack

Noun(2 words)

aggressiveness belligerence

Strong matches (8)

bickering chauvinism dissension dissent dissidence faction ferocity fight

Related words (14)

flak hostility infighting irascibility jingoism militancy militarism pugnaciousness saber rattling truculence unfriendliness warmongering warpath

Noun(1 words)

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More general

1 entries

disagreeableness

Synonyms

2 entries

aggressiveness pugnaciousness

Related terms

2 entries

pugnacious pugnaciously

related to

4 entries

aggressive combative pugnacious pugnaciously

Translations

6 translations across 1 languages.

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Polish

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awanturniczość noun (act or quality of being pugnacious)
czupurność noun (act or quality of being pugnacious)
wojowniczość noun (act or quality of being pugnacious)
zadzierzystość noun (act or quality of being pugnacious)

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His sister is out front, cleaning her gun with that intimidating pugnacity that has most of the men in town keeping well clear of her.

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