Contentious
Contentious adjective - Feeling or displaying eagerness to fight.
Pugnaciously and contentious are semantically related. In some cases you can replace term "Pugnaciously" with "Contentious", this adjectives are similar.
Nearby Word: contention
Pugnaciously
Pugnaciously adverb - In a pugnacious manner.
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Synonyms for Pugnaciously
Contentious and pugnaciously are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Contentious" instead an adjective "Pugnaciously".
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Related pairs
- hostile and contentious
- hostile and pugnaciously
- antagonistic and contentious
- antagonistic and pugnaciously
- threatening and contentious
- threatening and pugnaciously
- truculent and contentious
- truculent and pugnaciously
- quarrelsome and contentious
- quarrelsome and pugnaciously
- aggressive and contentious
- aggressive and pugnaciously
- warlike and contentious
- warlike and pugnaciously
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