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Pugnacious | Pugnaciousness

Pugnacious meaning

Naturally aggressive or hostile; combative; belligerent; bellicose.

Synonyms of Pugnacious

hard-bitten hard-boiled tough rough aggressive

Related words

Other words often associated with Pugnacious or its synonyms:

hard rugged competitive rocky toothed difficult callous obstreperous hardened bumpy broken insensitive

Using Pugnacious

  • The main meaning on this page is: Naturally aggressive or hostile; combative; belligerent; bellicose.
  • Useful related words include: hard-bitten, hard-boiled, tough, rough.
  • In the example corpus, pugnacious often appears in combinations such as: his pugnacious, the pugnacious, pugnacious personality.

Context around Pugnacious

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 20 words
  • Position in the sentence: 7 start, 9 middle, 4 end
  • Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

grippingly 1× held 1× normally 1×

Often after:

personality 2× reputation 1× former 1× leadership 1× buccal 1× ways 1× though 1× hit 1× baillieu 1× email 1×

Sentence patterns with Pugnacious

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

argumentative or pugnacious 1× but the pugnacious former climate 1× city s pugnacious reputation the 1× echoed the pugnacious language of 1× embraced his pugnacious personality and 1× fits his pugnacious hit back 1× for his pugnacious leadership style 1× for his pugnacious ways kruze 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

both eicher and 1× but the pugnacious 1× confronted with the 1× femi emptied the 1× given the city 1× harris would not 1×

Common sentence endings:

and gun rights 1× argumentative or pugnacious 1× chief bill paskle 1× forever family however 1× gets grippingly pugnacious 1× his election campaign 1×

Words around Pugnacious

Just before it in the word index:

puglisi 11 pugliese 13 puglian 2 puglia 28 pugin 4 pugilists 7

Just after it in the word index:

pugnaciousness 2 pugnacity 2 pugs 12 pugsley 10 pugwash 2 puh 2

Similar in corpus frequency:

aarons 33 abra 33 accelerations 33 accies 33 adepoju 33 aduana 33

Corpus analysis for Pugnacious

  • In this selection, "pugnacious" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 20 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, grippingly, held, normally, personality, reputation and former stand out and add context to how "pugnacious" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include argumentative or pugnacious and but the pugnacious former climate. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "pugnacious" sits close to words such as aarons, abra and accelerations, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with pugnacious

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Scrap·py: determined, argumentative, or pugnacious. (6 words)

Her pushback against the manoeuvre gets grippingly pugnacious. (8 words)

But the pugnacious former climate minister is not going quietly. (10 words)

Longer example sentences

Confronted with the real prospect of being left out, US companies like General Electric have broken ranks with their country’s long-held pugnacious sanctions project and have been making overtures to gain a foothold in the Zimbabwean economy. (39 words)

But will that be the end of the company’s dealings with the pugnacious Baillieu and his family, which has spent the past six months demonstrating just how far they’ll go to preserve the family name? (37 words)

And so there you have it, Biden last Thursday in his pugnacious State of the Union speech provided a badly needed injection of energy and dynamism into his election campaign. (30 words)

Question examples

But will that be the end of the company’s dealings with the pugnacious Baillieu and his family, which has spent the past six months demonstrating just how far they’ll go to preserve the family name? (37 words)

Example sentences (20)

Given the city’s pugnacious reputation, the East Coast crowd was strikingly upbeat about the labor situation.

The pugnacious 63-year-old repeatedly denied being linked with the job.

And so there you have it, Biden last Thursday in his pugnacious State of the Union speech provided a badly needed injection of energy and dynamism into his election campaign.

But the pugnacious former climate minister is not going quietly.

Musk, who is known for his pugnacious leadership style at Tesla, Starlink and X, is now bringing that combative approach to the typically arcane practice of fiscal planning.

Femi emptied the content of his pugnacious buccal cavity on the journalist.

Harris would not say if as a journalist known for his pugnacious ways, Kruze himself would be viable for adoption with a “forever family,’ however.

Her pushback against the manoeuvre gets grippingly pugnacious.

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Pugnacious though he may be, Joshua Hoyt is no boxer.

That certainly fits his pugnacious, hit-back-twice-as-hard instincts, but it might be a bit of a gamble.

But will that be the end of the company’s dealings with the pugnacious Baillieu and his family, which has spent the past six months demonstrating just how far they’ll go to preserve the family name?

He fired off a pugnacious email to retiring Alpine Fire Chief Bill Paskle.

He has nearly universal name recognition in his district, and, until recently, voters broadly embraced his pugnacious personality and positions on bedrock conservative issues like abortion and gun rights.

His rejection of the charges echoed the pugnacious language of his ally, U.S. President Donald Trump.

Scrap·py: determined, argumentative, or pugnacious.

The Russian president, usually reliant on a pugnacious front foot, made only two sharp interventions.

Confronted with the real prospect of being left out, US companies like General Electric have broken ranks with their country’s long-held pugnacious sanctions project and have been making overtures to gain a foothold in the Zimbabwean economy.

Thanks to a sturdy physique and pugnacious nature he would emerge as a leader in white working-class Tennessee politics, an opponent of aristocratic slavemasters who monopolized office-holding.

Williamson might have welcomed the chance to join many other leading current or former players in piling on to the pugnacious Warner.

Both Eicher and Furgurson suggest that Hooker's abstinence from alcohol during the battle may have affected his normally pugnacious personality.

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Common combinations with pugnacious

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "pugnacious" in a sentence?
An example: "Given the city’s pugnacious reputation, the East Coast crowd was strikingly upbeat about the labor situation." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "pugnacious" from authentic English texts.
What does "pugnacious" mean?
Pugnacious means: Naturally aggressive or hostile; combative; belligerent; bellicose.
What are synonyms of "pugnacious"?
Common synonyms of "pugnacious" include: hard-bitten, hard-boiled, tough, rough, aggressive.
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