pugnaciousness

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fight n.
belligerence n.

NOUN

fight

Synonyms

WEAK

aggression aggressiveness attack backbone bellicoseness bellicosity belligerence belligerency boldness combativeness contentiousness gameness hardihood mettle militancy pluck pugnacity resistance spirit truculence truculency

NOUN

belligerence

Synonyms

WEAK

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 pugnacity rancor resentment spite spleen truculence truculency unfriendliness venom virulence war

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So while the pugnaciousness of Spirit can feel anti-customer, there’s also something pious in the bad blood it’s willing to endure.

From Slate ● Oct. 15, 2024

Giuliani, a former U.S. attorney in Manhattan and the fusion Republican-Liberal candidate, conveyed the pugnaciousness of a law-and-order prosecutor.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 24, 2020

At times, Brockhampton’s m.c.s packed several songs into one track, summoning the raw pugnaciousness of Eminem before downshifting to folksy pop.

From The New Yorker ● Sep. 2, 2019

Relaxed and funny, his pugnaciousness now coming across as playfulness and combative self-mockery, he is in his element here.

From New York Times ● Jul. 14, 2017

One evening the latter thought fit to twit him with his pugnaciousness.

From An Englishman in Paris Notes and Recollections by Albert D.

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