Definition of 'pugnacious'

Adjective

1. tough and callous by virtue of experience
      Synonyms: hard-bitten hard-boiled
2. ready and able to resort to force or violence; "pugnacious spirits...lamented that there was so little prospect of an exhilarating disturbance"- Herman Melville; "they were rough and determined fighting men"
      Synonyms: rough

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