pugnacity
/pʌɡˈnasɪti/
US pronunciation
American sound/pʌɡˈnasɪti/
pʌɡˈnasɪti
- Syllables
- 4 syllables
- Stress
- 2nd syllable stress
- Vowel
- Short i vowel
- Ending
- Final y vowel sound
pʌɡ - ˈnasɪti -> pugnacity
Myanmar meaning
Full entry
pugnacious /pʌg'neÇʃǝs/ adj
(fml ) ရန်လိုသော။ ရန်ထောင်သော။
❏ pugnaciously adv ရန်စွယ်ငွားငွား။
❏ pugnacity /pʌg'næsǝti/ n [U] သစ်ခုတ်ကျားစီး။ ကျားကုတ် ကျားခဲ။ He defended his position with great pugnacity.
More examples
- pugnacious /pʌg'neÇʃǝs/ adj ( fml ) ရန်လိုသော။ ရန်ထောင်သော။ ❏ pugnaciously adv ရန်စွယ်ငွားငွား။ ❏ pugnacity /pʌg'næsǝti/ n [U] သစ်ခုတ်ကျားစီး။ ကျားကုတ် ကျားခဲ။ He defended his position with great pugnacity.
Synonyms
aggressive, confrontational, belligerent, truculent, argumentative, contentious, antagonistic, bellicose, brawling, cantankerous, chip on shoulder, choleric, combative, defiant, disputatious, fire eating, fire-eating, have a bone to pick, having a chip on one's shoulder, hot-tempered, irascible, irritable, itching to fight, litigiousness, militant, petulant, pushing, pushy, quarrelsome, ready to fight, rebellious, salty, scrappy, self-assertive, spiky, warlike
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aggressiveconfrontationalbelligerenttruculentargumentativecontentiousantagonisticbellicosebrawlingcantankerouschip on shouldercholericcombativedefiantdisputatiousfire eatingfire-eatinghave a bone to pickhaving a chip on one's shoulderhot-temperedirascibleirritableitching to fightlitigiousnessmilitantpetulantpushingpushy
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