Thesaurus / pugnaciousness
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When they began feeding upon the tiny forms of life found in the creek, the Bully soon gained a reputation for pugnaciousness.
DAYS IN THE OPENLATHAN A. CRANDALLEven his burnished red pomadour added to the general pugnaciousness of his appearance.
THE GIRL IN THE MIRRORELIZABETH GARVER JORDANOne evening the latter thought fit to twit him with his pugnaciousness.
AN ENGLISHMAN IN PARISALBERT D. (ALBERT DRESDEN) VANDAMThere was about him at thirty-four, an aristocratic pugnaciousness.
GARGOYLESBEN HECHTThere's a latent pugnaciousness in the very way that you mention her name.
AN AMBITIOUS WOMANEDGAR FAWCETTIf they fought back, the pugnaciousness was knocked out of them at once.
POLICE YOUR PLANETLESTER DEL REYWORDS RELATED TO PUGNACIOUSNESS
- abhorrence
- aggression
- animosity
- animus
- antipathy
- aversion
- bad blood
- bellicoseness
- bellicosity
- belligerency
- bitterness
- combativeness
- contentiousness
- detestation
- disaffection
- enmity
- estrangement
- grudge
- hatred
- hostility
- ill will
- inimicality
- malevolence
- malice
- militance
- militancy
- opposition
- pugnaciousness
- rancor
- resentment
- spite
- spleen
- truculence
- truculency
- unfriendliness
- venom
- virulence
- war
- abhorrence
- aggression
- animosity
- animus
- antipathy
- aversion
- bad blood
- bellicoseness
- bellicosity
- belligerency
- bitterness
- combativeness
- contentiousness
- detestation
- disaffection
- enmity
- estrangement
- grudge
- hatred
- hostility
- ill will
- inimicality
- malevolence
- malice
- militance
- militancy
- opposition
- pugnaciousness
- pugnacity
- rancor
- resentment
- spite
- spleen
- truculency
- unfriendliness
- venom
- virulence
- war
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