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• s  tough and callous by virtue of experience
• s  ready and able to resort to force or violence
  pugnacious spirits...lamented that there was so little prospect of an exhilarating disturbance"- Herman Melville

• The pugnacious French-British entrepreneur spent more than $ 1 million on promotion, and the initial pressrun of 416,000 copies was a sellout.
• I liked John Gapper's FT profile of CNBC's "pugnacious pundit" Charlie Gasparino.
• Nor would we have had the opportunity to read her charming but pugnacious slice-of-life portraits of Cuba, which she has been sending out through cyberspace since April 2007 as the .

• hard-bitten
• hard-boiled
• rough

News & Articles

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• Nikolas Kozloff: Snowden Affair Highlights Epic David and Goliath Struggle Between Quito and Washington
  If there was any doubt that Ecuador's pugnacious President Rafael Correa would back down in the rapidly escalating diplomatic spat over NSA leaker Edward Snowden,...
  June 28, 2013 - The Huffington Post
• Veteran Bulletin reporter Don Bond dies at 70
  Veteran Bulletin reporter Donald Bond, whose pugnacious exterior belied an altruistic nature, died early Thursday. He was 70.
  June 27, 2013 - The Norwich Bulletin
• Hong Kong Press Release Boldly Defends Snowden Departure, Accuses U.S. Of Cyberattacks
  The government of Hong Kong fired off a pugnacious press release following the departure of Edward Snowden Sunday morning, boldly defending its decision to allow him to leave the country, and pushing back at the United States' request to apprehend the NSA leaker by accusing the U.S. of hacking Hong Kong computer systems.
  June 23, 2013 - Mediaite

Quotes

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• Don Cherry in Toronto Sun
  In an interview Thursday, Cherry said he starting commenting on the Leafs because Burke promised he would be "pugnacious and tenacious and I don't think he was getting pugnacious guys."
• Ralph Goodale in National Post
  That will be an interesting signal,Mr. Goodale said. "Will the government come back to the House of Commons as ornery and pugnacious as when they left, or is there a signal to be sent that they want a more productive working atmosphere?"
• Marianne Wiggins in Los Angeles Times
  Novelist Marianne Wiggins said she had feminist problems with Mailer, but that she admired his insistence on being "larger than life, pugnacious, politically vigorous" and added that now "no one on the American landscape" is doing what he...