| NOUN | attribute | pugnacity, aggressiveness, belligerence | a natural disposition to be hostile |
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| Meaning | A natural disposition to be hostile. | |
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| Synonyms | aggressiveness, belligerence | |
| Narrower | bellicosity, bellicoseness | A natural disposition to fight |
| truculence, truculency | obstreperous and defiant aggressiveness | |
| Broader | disagreeableness | An ill-tempered and offensive disposition |
| Spanish | agresividad, pugnacidad | |
| Catalan | agressivitat | |
| Adjectives | aggressive | characteristic of an enemy or one eager to fight |
| pugnacious | ready and able to resort to force or violence | |
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