pugnacity
Eagerness to fight
Pugnacity is an eagerness to fight or quarrel, a combative disposition.
The word suggests someone who actively seeks confrontation rather than merely responding to it: His pugnacity made every disagreement into a battle.
The adjective is pugnacious.
Warlike aggression
- hostilityAntagonistic disposition toward others
- combativenessInclination toward conflict
- truculenceFierce, sullen defiance
- bellicosityInclination toward hostility
ferocity · antagonism · aggressiveness · fierceness · confrontation · militancy · quarrelsomeness · contentiousness
Sustained resolve despite obstacles
- determinationFirmness of purpose
- gritDetermination or abrasive particles
- doggednessUnyielding determination to continue
- resolveFirmness of purpose
steadfastness · persistence · resilience · fortitude · endurance · willpower · firmness · pluck
Capacity to withstand force
- rebelliousnessTendency toward defiant resistance
- insubordinationDefying workplace authority
- obstinacyUnyielding adherence to position
- contrarinessHabitual disposition to oppose
recalcitrance · intransigence · noncompliance · dissent · opposition · contumacy · unyieldingness · stubbornness
belligerence
Warlike aggression
- hostilityAntagonistic disposition toward others
- combativenessInclination toward conflict
- truculenceFierce, sullen defiance
bellicosity · ferocity · antagonism · aggressiveness · fierceness · confrontation · militancy · quarrelsomeness · contentiousness · disputatiousness
perseverance
Sustained resolve despite obstacles
- determinationFirmness of purpose
- gritDetermination or abrasive particles
- doggednessUnyielding determination to continue
resolve · steadfastness · persistence · resilience · fortitude · endurance · willpower · firmness · pluck · spunk
resistance
Capacity to withstand force
- rebelliousnessTendency toward defiant resistance
- insubordinationDefying workplace authority
- obstinacyUnyielding adherence to position
contrariness · recalcitrance · intransigence · noncompliance · dissent · opposition · contumacy · unyieldingness · stubbornness · disobedience
- aggressionhostility, violence, attack, fight, combativeness
- hostilityanimosity, hostility, antagonism, belligerence, malice
- combativenessaggression, antagonism, belligerence, bellicosity, combativeness
- powerauthority, electric power, nuclear power, solar power, wind power
- couragebravery, resilience, fearlessness, boldness, courage
- irritabilitycranky, grouchy, grumpy, irritated, annoyed
pugnacitypeacefulness
State of quiet tranquility
pacifism · nonviolence · nonaggression · dovishness · antimilitarism
pugnacityfriendliness
Warm, welcoming disposition
amiability · geniality · affability · cordiality · amicability
pugnacitycowardice
Absence of bravery
timidity · pusillanimity · fearfulness · timorousness · meekness