pugnacious

• pugnacious

pugnacious

Adjective

tough and callous by virtue of experience

Synonyms:

• hard-bitten
• hard-boiled
• pugnacious

Adjective

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"

Synonyms:

• pugnacious
• rough