pugnacious (s)
rough (s)

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type s
lex_filenum 00
def ready and able to resort to force or violence
examples 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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Similar to aggressive
Derivationally related form rough → roughness
Derivationally related form pugnacious → pugnacity
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Similar to aggressive
Derived from adjective roughly → rough
Derived from adjective pugnaciously → pugnacious
Derivationally related form roughness → rough

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