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pugnacity

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of pugnacity

an inclination to fight or quarrel

the players need to temper their pugnacity with a little self-restraint—their aggressive style of play too often results in penalties

Synonyms of pugnacity

aggression, aggressiveness, assaultiveness, bellicosity, belligerence, belligerency, combativeness, contentiousness, defiance, disputatiousness, feistiness, fight, militance, militancy, militantness, quarrelsomeness, scrappiness, truculence

Words Related to pugnacity

antagonism, fierceness, hostility, hyperaggressiveness, unfriendliness

imperialism, jingoism, militarism

acidity, biliousness, captiousness, crankiness, crossness, disagreeableness, fractiousness, fretfulness, grouchiness, grumpiness, huffiness, irascibility, irascibleness, irritability, irritableness, orneriness, peevishness, pettishness, petulance, querulousness, rudeness, surliness, testiness, waspishness

Phrases Synonymous with pugnacity

chip on one's shoulder

Near Antonyms of pugnacity

antiaggression, anti-imperialism, antimilitarism

affability, amiability, amicability, benevolence, cordiality, friendliness, geniality, graciousness, pleasantness, sociability

gentleness, kindliness, mildness

amenability, complaisance, placability

Antonyms of pugnacity

nonaggression, pacifism

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