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pugnacious |
Overview of adj pugnacious The adj pugnacious has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. hard-bitten, hard-boiled, pugnacious -- (tough and callous by virtue of experience) 2. pugnacious, rough -- (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") Antonyms of adj pugnacious 2 senses of pugnacious Sense 1 hard-bitten, hard-boiled, pugnacious INDIRECT (VIA tough) -> tender Sense 2 pugnacious, rough INDIRECT (VIA aggressive) -> unaggressive, nonaggressive Similarity of adj pugnacious 2 senses of pugnacious Sense 1 hard-bitten, hard-boiled, pugnacious => tough (vs. tender) Sense 2 pugnacious, rough => aggressive (vs. unaggressive) Attributes of adj pugnacious Familiarity of adj pugnacious pugnacious used as an adjective is rare (polysemy count = 2) Grep of adj pugnacious pugnacious Overview of adj pugnacious The adj pugnacious has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. hard-bitten, hard-boiled, pugnacious -- (tough and callous by virtue of experience) 2. pugnacious, rough -- (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")
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