Thesaurus / pugnacity
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synonyms for pugnacity
- malice
- resentment
- estrangement
- disaffection
- aggression
- militance
- spite
- malevolence
- venom
- bellicoseness
- antipathy
- war
- hostility
- detestation
- belligerency
- combativeness
- virulence
- animus
- opposition
- contentiousness
- animosity
- rancor
- grudge
- abhorrence
- spleen
- enmity
- truculence
- bellicosity
- bitterness
- militancy
- truculency
- aversion
- hatred
- bad blood
- ill will
- pugnaciousness
- warpath
- unfriendliness
- inimicality
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antonyms for pugnacity
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- peace
- respect
- loving
- harmony
- pleasure
- love
- sympathy
- like
- kindness
- good will
- friendship
- liking
- happiness
- affection
- friendliness
- benevolence
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How to use pugnacity in a sentence
For all his pugnacity, Hannity rarely punches to the right, preferring to praise anybody wrapped in the cloak of MAGA.
TALKING WITH TUCKER CARLSON, THE MOST POWERFUL CONSERVATIVE IN AMERICACHARLOTTE ALTERJULY 15, 2021TIMEThere is Biercean pugnacity in these words; the author flings down the gauntlet with a confident gesture.
THE LETTERS OF AMBROSE BIERCEAMBROSE BIERCEBut pugnacity and perseverance are not necessarily connected with intellectual genius.
THE SCIENCE OF HUMAN NATUREWILLIAM HENRY PYLEThis bird, besides its noted pugnacity, is an arrant rogue, and invariably takes advantage of the House Martin's labour.
BIRDS' NESTS, EGGS AND EGG-COLLECTINGRICHARD KEARTONIncidentally, also, he made good his boasts and held the fort with equal pugnacity from the savages.
HISTORIC HIGHWAYS OF AMERICA (VOL. 5)ARCHER BUTLER HULBERTThe majority of Ueberhells were accused of presumption and arrogance, of opiniativeness and pugnacity.
COMPLETE SHORT WORKSGEORG EBERSThe strong pugnacity developed among birds at time of hatching is remarkable.
CHAMBERS'S JOURNAL OF POPULAR LITERATURE, SCIENCE, AND ART, NO. 696VARIOUSThe ability and pugnacity of the partisans of natural science makes them formidable persons to contradict.
DISCOURSES IN AMERICAMATTHEW ARNOLDPugnacity over trifles costs the average Muscular many business chances.
HOW TO ANALYZE PEOPLE ON SIGHTELSIE LINCOLN BENEDICT AND RALPH PAINE BENEDICTTaking more frequent vacations, relaxing each day, and curbing his pugnacity should be the special aims of this type.
HOW TO ANALYZE PEOPLE ON SIGHTELSIE LINCOLN BENEDICT AND RALPH PAINE BENEDICTWORDS RELATED TO PUGNACITY
- advances
- aggressions
- assailings
- assailments
- barrages
- blitzes
- blitzkries
- charges
- defilement
- dirty deeds
- drives
- encounters
- encroachments
- forays
- incursions
- initiatives
- inroads
- interventions
- intrusions
- invasions
- irruptions
- muggings
- offenses
- offensives
- onrushes
- onsets
- onslaughts
- outbreaks
- pushes
- raids
- rapes
- rushes
- skirmishes
- stormings
- strikes
- thrusts
- violations
- volleys
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