English-Thai Dictionary

pugnacious

ADJ ที่ ชอบ ทะเลาะวิวาท  defiant antagonistic combative ti-chob-ta-lor-wi-wad

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PUGNACIOUS

a.[L. pugnax, from pugna, a fight; from pugnus, the fist. See Pugil. ] Disposed to fight; inclined to fighting; quarrelsome; fighting.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PUGNACIOUS

Pug *na "cious, a. Etym: [L. pugnax, -acis, fr. pugnare to fight. Cf. Pugilism, Fist. ]

 

Defn: Disposed to fight; inclined to fighting; quarrelsome; fighting. --Pug *na "cious *ly, adv. -- Pug *na "cious *ness, n.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

pugnacious

pug na cious |pəgˈnāSHəs pəɡˈneɪʃəs | ▶adjective eager or quick to argue, quarrel, or fight: the increasingly pugnacious demeanor of politicians. DERIVATIVES pug na cious ly adverb, pug nac i ty |ˌpəgˈnasətē |noun ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from Latin pugnax, pugnac- (from pugnare ‘to fight, ’ from pugnus ‘fist ’) + -ious .

 

Oxford Dictionary

pugnacious

pugnacious |pʌgˈneɪʃəs | ▶adjective eager or quick to argue, quarrel, or fight: the increasingly pugnacious demeanour of right-wing politicians. DERIVATIVES pugnaciously adverb pugnacity |-ˈnasɪti |noun ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from Latin pugnax, pugnac- (from pugnare ‘to fight ’, from pugnus ‘fist ’) + -ious .

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

pugnacious

pugnacious adjective this looks like the kind of dive that appeals to pugnacious patrons: combative, aggressive, antagonistic, belligerent, bellicose, warlike, quarrelsome, argumentative, contentious, disputatious, hostile, threatening, truculent; fiery, hot-tempered. ANTONYMS peaceable.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

pugnacious

pugnacious adjective the bouncer that night was a pugnacious 42 -year-old from East London: combative, aggressive, antagonistic, belligerent, bellicose, warlike, quarrelsome, argumentative, contentious, disputatious, defiant, hostile, threatening, truculent; irascible, fiery, hot-tempered, ill-tempered, bad-tempered, rough. ANTONYMS peaceable; friendly.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

pugnacious

pug na cious /pʌɡnéɪʃəs /形容詞 ｟かたく ｠けんか早い, 好戦的な .