Dictionary Check: pugnacious

"pugnacious" is a valid word!

Scrabble 15 points
Words with Friends 21 points

Definition

adjective

tough and callous by virtue of experience

adjective

ready and able to resort to force or violence

Example: "pugnacious spirits … lamented that there was so little prospect of an exhilarating disturbance"
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