pugnaciously

UK: /pʌgˈneɪʃəslɪ/

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

pug•na•cious /pʌgˈneɪʃəs/   adj. 

1. too ready or eager to quarrel or fight; quarrelsome;
   belligerent;
   combative.

pug•na•cious•ly, adv. 
pug•nac•i•ty /pʌgˈnæsɪti/  n. [uncountable] See -pugn-.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

pug•na•cious  (pug nā′shəs), adj. 

1. inclined to quarrel or fight readily; quarrelsome;
   belligerent;
   combative.

• Latin pugnācitās combativeness, equivalent. to pugnāci-, stem of pugnāx combative (akin to pugil; see pugilism) + -tās -ty²) + -ous
• pugnaci(ty) (1635–45

pug•na′cious•ly, adv. 
pug•nac•i•ty  (pug nas′i tē), pug•na′cious•ness, n.  Synonyms

argumentative, contentious, bellicose.

Antonyms

agreeable.