pugnacious

pugnacious is a 10-letter English word with 3 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Disposed to fight; inclined to fighting; quarrelsome; fighting. Face value is 15 in Scrabble and 21 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

10 letters · Scrabble 15 · Words With Friends 21 · 3 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Disposed to fight; inclined to fighting; quarrelsome; fighting.
2. adjective. ready and able to resort to force or violence- Herman Melville

   "pugnacious spirits...lamented that there was so little prospect of an exhilarating disturbance"

   "they were rough and determined fighting men"

   Synonyms: rough

3. adjective. tough and callous by virtue of experience

Synonyms

rough

Common word forms

pugnaciously, pugnaciousness

Words from these letters

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