Synonyms of pugnacious

2 Syllables

scrappier, pushy, salty, hawkish, spiky, pushing, spikier, scrappy, pettish, ructious, brawling, fighting, defiant, jousting, martial

3 Syllables

ruffianly, polemic, choleric, battleful, offputting, contentious, hostile, fire-eating, petulant, truculent, warlike, cat-and-dog, off-putting, militant, resentful, hard-shelled, rebellious

4 Syllables

disputatious, polemical, bellicose, aggressive, belligerent, repulsive, combative, irascible, irritable, cantankerous, gladiatorial, litigiousness, hot-tempered, quarrelsome, assertory

5 Syllables

self-assertive, antagonistic, disputative, confrontational

6 Syllables

argumentative