adjective
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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When drinking, he becomes pugnacious and rude.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A caustically witty and pugnacious man, Wade is a charismatic speaker who can keep a crowd spellbound.
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A man of great personal charm, he was yet stubborn and pugnacious towards those with whom he disagreed.
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Congressmen have been less pugnacious since then, and in exchange Mr Borja has stopped trying to reform things much.
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Crystalizing these feelings was a youthful, pugnacious writer named Norman Mailer.
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Reg Seekings, a short, stocky and pugnacious East Anglian, had achieved a considerable reputation in the boxing ring.
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The missing face is that of the late Cecil Spence, Mayor in 1977-78 and as principled as he was pugnacious .