Definizione monolingua

pugnacious

pugnacious (comparative more pugnacious, superlative most pugnacious)

1. Naturally aggressive or hostile; combative; belligerent.
   • 1858, Anthony Trollope, Dr Thorne, ch. 3:

     Not that the doctor was a bully, or even pugnacious, in the usual sense of the word; he had no disposition to provoke a fight, no propense love of quarrelling.

   • 1904, Jack London, The Sea Wolf, ch. 15:

     As he made the demand he spat out a mouthful of blood and teeth and shoved his pugnacious face close to Oofty-Oofty.

   • 2003, Ken Follett, Hornet Flight, ISBN 9780451210746, pp. 249-250:

     In the face of bad news Churchill normally became even more pugnacious, always wanting to respond to defeat by going on the attack.

Definizione dizionario pugnacious

	pugnace
	aggressive, belligerent

battagliero

combattivo

Altri significati:

Naturally aggressive or hostile; combative; belligerent.