pugnacious

Meanings

Adjective Satellite

tough and callous by virtue of experience
ready and able to resort to force or violence; - Herman Melville
- "pugnacious spirits...lamented that there was so little prospect of an exhilarating disturbance"

Adj

Naturally aggressive or hostile; combative; belligerent; bellicose.

Origin / Etymology

Borrowed from Latin, from a derivative of pugnāx, from pugnō (“I fight”), from pugnus (“fist”).

Synonyms

hard-bitten, hard-boiled, rough

Scrabble Score: 15

pugnacious is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
pugnacious is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
pugnacious is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 21

pugnacious is a valid Words With Friends word