a. | 1. | Disposed to fight; inclined to fighting; quarrelsome; fighting. |
Adj. | 1. | pugnacious - tough and callous by virtue of experience Synonyms: hard-bitten, hard-boiled |
2. | pugnacious - 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 |