Word:
Pugnacious
Status:
Adjective
Meaning:
Showing a readiness or desire to fight or argue.
Sentences:
1) There's one pugnacious member on the committee who won't agree on anything.
2) He is a spirited, even pugnacious, reviewer.
Origin:
Latin pugnic-, pugnax, from pugnare which means 'to fight'.
First use:
1642
Synonyms:
agressive, agonistic, argumentative
Antonyms:
nonagressive, pacific.
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