Synonyms for pugnacious

Adjective

1. hard-bitten, hard-boiled, pugnacious, tough (vs. tender)

usage: tough and callous by virtue of experience

2. pugnacious, rough, aggressive (vs. unaggressive)

usage: ready and able to resort to force or violence; "pugnacious spirits...lamented that there was so little prospect of an exhilarating disturbance"- Herman Melville; "they were rough and determined fighting men"