pugnacious

• The idea that he was truculent or pugnacious, that he went about with a chip on his shoulder, that he loved fighting for the sake of fighting, was, however, a mistake. —  Theodore Roosevelt An Intimate Biography
• My father's approach is more pugnacious, when he declares his intention to "get ahold of something good," as if he must first wrestle it to the ground. —  VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol X No 2
• In the fifteen minutes that constituted our entire relationship, I was rude, pugnacious, and uncooperative. —  I is for Innocent
• This pugnacious, blond face was Carl's, slimmed down and tautened. —  In Other Worlds
• It is strange ... yes, fantastic ... you are quarrelsome, pugnacious, antisocial, vicious, small-bodied and small-brained; timid, nervous, and highly and senselessly excitable; unbalanced and unsane; as sheerly monstrous mentally as you are physically ... " —  First Lensman

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