亚洲网紅露点

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pugnacious

[ puhg-ney-shuhs ]

adjective

  1. inclined to quarrel or fight readily; quarrelsome; belligerent; combative.

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pugnacious

/ p蕦伞藞ne瑟蕛蓹s; p蕦伞藞n忙s瑟t瑟 /

adjective

  1. readily disposed to fight; belligerent
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • pugnacity, noun
  • 辫耻驳藞苍补肠颈辞耻蝉濒测, adverb
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 辫耻驳路苍补路肠颈辞耻蝉路濒测 adverb
  • 辫耻驳路苍补肠路颈路迟测 [puhg-, nas, -i-tee], 辫耻驳路苍补路肠颈辞耻蝉路苍别蝉蝉 noun
  • 耻苍路辫耻驳路苍补路肠颈辞耻蝉 adjective
  • un路辫耻驳路苍补路肠颈辞耻蝉路濒测 adverb
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of pugnacious1

First recorded in 1635鈥45; pugnaci(ty) (from Latin 辫耻驳苍腻肠颈迟腻蝉 鈥渃ombativeness,鈥 equivalent to 辫耻驳苍腻肠颈-, stem of 辫耻驳苍腻虫 combative (akin to pugil; pugilism ) + -迟腻蝉 -ty 2 ) + -ous
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of pugnacious1

C17: from Latin 辫耻驳苍腻虫
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Some even agreed with Kari Lake, the pugnacious advisor Trump appointed to oversee the Agency for Global Media, which provides funding for news programming abroad.

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Right-wing ideologues created a media empire by turning politics into a pugnacious combat sport and ignoring inconvenient facts, following the Rush Limbaugh model.

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Rumor is the pugnacious Irish actor Jack O鈥機onnell plays the villain.

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It has also prompted a debate about what is the smartest strategy for Canada to deal with the pugnacious American leader: pushing back or taking a more conciliatory approach.

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Mr. Prescott also had a reputation as a pugnacious political bruiser.

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