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pugnacity
Synonyms and Antonyms of pugnacity
- The players need to temper their pugnacity with a little self-restraint—their aggressive style of play too often results in penalties.
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
chip on one's shoulder
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