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pugnacious
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synonyms: bellicose, truculent, irascible, fractious, umbrageous, jingoistic, furibund ???
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Definition:naturally hostile or aggressive
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‘I arst you civil enough, didn’t I?’ said the old man, straightening his shoulders pugnaciously. ‘You telling me you ain’t got a pint mug in the ’ole bleeding boozer?’
George Orwell. 1984 (1949)
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the fall of his heavy mouth at the corners gave him an expression of pugnacious resolution.
H. G. Wells. The Island of Doctor Moreau
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