pugnacious
ADJECTIVE
/pəɡ'neɪʃəs/
10 LETTERS · 3 SYLLABLES · STARTS WITH P
pugnacious is a valid 10-letter word worth 15 points in Scrabble and 21 points in Words with Friends.
SCRABBLE
WORDS WITH FRIENDS
P3U1G2N1A1C3I1O1U1S1
3 + 1 + 2 + 1 + 1 + 3 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 =15 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 30TRIPLE WORD → 45
MEANING
What does pugnacious mean?
ADJECTIVE · 2 SENSES
1
Ready and able to resort to force or violence.
“pugnacious spirits...lamented that there was so little prospect of an exhilarating disturbance”
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2
Tough and callous by virtue of experience.
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