pugnacity in English

noun

[pug'nac·i·ty || pʌg'næsətɪ]

state of being quarrelsome, combativeness, belligerence

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1. He is legendary for his fearlessness and pugnacity.

2. 'So what?'he said, with his usual pugnacity.

3. 9 He is legendary for his fearlessness and pugnacity.

4. Your pugnacity of yesterday will concentrate mainly on material objectives.

5. Synonyms for Combativeness include aggressiveness, aggression, truculence, bellicosity, belligerence, feistiness, militance, militancy, pugnacity and bellicoseness

6. The United States approves of Mr Museveni's pugnacity and will coverextra cost of the AU mission.

7. Hypernyms ("Bellicosity" is a kind of): aggressiveness; belligerence; pugnacity (a natural disposition to be hostile)

8. Hostility, malice, antagonism, antipathy, aggressiveness, ill will, belligerence, destructiveness, malevolence, pugnacity Aggression is by no means a male-only trait

9. A sexually driven humanity retained the instinct of pugnacity as part of what it meant to be huaman.

10. He stood in the doorway, his whole frame exhibiting the pugnacity and settled determination of a man who is bound to be obeyed.

11. The Durants observed: “The causes of war are the same as the causes of competition among individuals: acquisitiveness, pugnacity, and pride; the desire for food, land, materials, fuels, mastery.”

12. Belligerence: 1 n hostile or warlike attitude or nature Synonyms: Belligerency Types: warpath hostile or belligerent mood Type of: enmity , hostility , ill will the feeling of a hostile person n a natural disposition to be hostile Synonyms: aggressiveness , pugnacity Types: bellicoseness , bellicosity a natural disposition to fight truculence