Pugnacious – Eager or quick to start a fight or argue
(Pronounced pug-nay-shus)
To remember the definition of the word pugnacious, use the following mnemonic:
Pugs from different nations (pugnacious) had all come together and were eager to fight.
Examples of pugnacious in a sentence
The pugnacious little boy constantly talks back to his mother.
While my twin sister is quite pugnacious, I prefer to avoid confrontations.
During cross-examination, the defendant was pugnacious.
