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Synonyms for pugnaciousness
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : puhg-ney-shuhs |
| Phonetic Transcription : pʌgˈneɪ ʃəs |
Top 10 synonyms for pugnaciousness Other synonyms for the word pugnaciousness
- bellicoseness
- bellicosity
- belligerence
- belligerency
- bitterness
- boldness
- combativeness
- contentiousness
- detestation
- disaffection
- enmity
- estrangement
- gameness
- grudge
- hardihood
- hatred
- hostility
- ill will
- inimicality
- malevolence
- malice
- mettle
- militance
- militancy
- opposition
- pluck
- pugnacity
- rancor
- resentment
- resistance
- spirit
- spite
- spleen
- truculence
- truculency
- unfriendliness
- venom
- virulence
- war
- warpath
Définition of pugnaciousness
Origin :- 1640s, a back-formation from pugnacity or else from Latin pugnacis, genitive of pugnax "combative, fond of fighting," from pugnare "to fight," especially with the fists, "contend against," from pugnus "a fist," from PIE *pung-, nasalized form of root *peuk-, *peug- "to stick, stab, to prick" (cf. Greek pyx "with clenched fist," pygme "fist, boxing," pyktes "boxer;" Latin pungere "to pierce, prick").
- noun fight
- noun belligerence
- If they fought back, the pugnaciousness was knocked out of them at once.
- Extract from : « Police Your Planet » by Lester del Rey
- One evening the latter thought fit to twit him with his pugnaciousness.
- Extract from : « An Englishman in Paris » by Albert D. (Albert Dresden) Vandam
- When they began feeding upon the tiny forms of life found in the creek, the Bully soon gained a reputation for pugnaciousness.
- Extract from : « Days in the Open » by Lathan A. Crandall
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