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Meanings of pugnacious in English
Usage of pugnacious in English
1
The famously pugnacious, conservative judge had been a vote against the rule.
2
A large, pugnacious-looking man on the left put in the first comment.
3
The white-headed sea-eagle is a deadly foe to the pugnacious sea-serpent also.
4
Their dispositions are very different, the grey being fiercer and more pugnacious.
5
The pair were very pugnacious, attacking any birds coming near their nest.
6
The captain squared himself toward Lanyard, his face louring, his jaw pugnacious.
7
They are very characteristic birds, have strong family traits and pugnacious dispositions.
8
A short wiry man with a pugnacious face and a cocksure mustache.
9
Of a happy-go-lucky disposition, of a temperament more pugnacious than military, Lieut.
10
Bill Bunton resisted arrest and was pugnacious, of course declaring his innocence.
11
Lancey, although mentally and morally a man of peace, was physically pugnacious.
12
Doctor Isaac Barrow was such a dull, pugnacious, stupid fellow, etc., etc.
13
Nor any officer more pugnacious on his juniors' account, I assure you!
14
As Win concluded, Edith's high color lessened and Roger looked less pugnacious.
15
He frightened timid people; he made the pugnacious angry and resentful.
16
The grasping home makes the pugnacious disturber of the public peace.
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Pugnacious across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common