Pugulist vs Pugnacious - What's the difference?
pugulist | pugnacious |
Naturally aggressive or hostile; combative; belligerent.
* 1858 , (Anthony Trollope), Dr Thorne , ch. 3:
* 1904 , (Jack London), The Sea Wolf , ch. 15:
* 2003 , (Ken Follett), Hornet Flight , ISBN 9780451210746,
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As an adjective pugnacious is
naturally aggressive or hostile; combative; belligerent.pugulist
Not English
Pugulist has no English definition. It may be misspelled.English words similar to 'pugulist':
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English
Adjective
(en adjective)- Not that the doctor was a bully, or even pugnacious , in the usual sense of the word; he had no disposition to provoke a fight, no propense love of quarrelling.
- As he made the demand he spat out a mouthful of blood and teeth and shoved his pugnacious face close to Oofty-Oofty.
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- In the face of bad news Churchill normally became even more pugnacious , always wanting to respond to defeat by going on the attack.