1. pugnacious
The comedian told one flat joke after another, and when the audience started booing, he pugnaciously spat back at them, “Hey, you think this is easy – why don’t you buffoons give it a shot?”
We live in the light of Churchill's pugnacious performance under fire.
Englisch Wort "very eager to argue or fight with people"(pugnacious) tritt in Sätzen auf:
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