inclined to fight or to be aggressive
There is not a prefix in the word Pugnacious, but there is a suffix and the suffix is ous.
He was very pugnacious when anyone started talking about politics. Pugnacious is a word used to describe someone who is quick to argue.
I've never heard of the word, "pugnacious." The young student's "quick to fight" nature was described as overly pugnacious to the school's principal by the child's teacher .
The Latin root word "pug" means "to fight." You may find this root utilized in many English words today such as pugnacious, repugnant, and impugn.
In reference to human personality, some antonyms for pugnacious would be: gentle, warm, docile, pacifistic, meek.
you're so pugnacious.
The word sought may be "feisty" (ornery, spirited, or pugnacious).
Pugnacious means inclined to quarrel or fight readily; quarrelsome; belligerent; combative, so a sentence with context clues of the word pugnacious could be: Walt's pugnacious behavior made his opponent back down.
Someone who is pugnacious is always ready to quarrel or start a fight. The President was in a pugnacious mood when he spoke to journalists about the rebellion. The professor had been pugnacious and irritable. When he drank too much, he'd become quite pugnacious.
No, Because pugnacious is opposite of peaceful.
Belligerent, bellicose, aggresive, pugnacious, combative.
No, Because pugnacious is opposite of peaceful.