| ADJECTIVE | all | pugnacious, hard-bitten, hard-boiled | tough and callous by virtue of experience |
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| all | pugnacious, rough | ready and able to resort to force or violence |
| Sounds | pahgnae'shihs | |
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| Rhymes | abyss ... worthiness: 194 rhymes with ihs... | |
| Meaning | tough and callous by virtue of experience. | |
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| Synonyms | hard-bitten, hard-boiled | |
| Broader | tough | not given to gentleness or sentimentality |
| Spanish | pugnaz, tenaz | |
| Meaning | Ready and able to resort to force or violence. | |
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| Example | "pugnacious spirits...lamented that there was so little prospect of an exhilarating disturbance"- Herman Melville | |
| Synonym | rough | |
| Broader | aggressive | Having or showing determination and energetic / energetic pursuit of your ends |
| Nouns | pugnacity | a natural disposition to be hostile |
| Adverbs | pugnaciously | in a pugnacious manner |
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