thuggish
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thuggish
- /ˈθʌɡɪʃ/
Rhymes with -ʌɡɪʃ
adjective more thuggish · most thuggish
- Characterized by thuggery; behaving in a violent or intimidating way; appearing to be violent or intimidating. Their thuggish manner made continuing negotiations very difficult.
- Resembling or characteristic of the assassins known as thugs or thuggees (often capitalized in this sense). […] beside the deceitfulness of the heart and the carnality common to all men, the deep ignorance of the heathen, the abjectness of their social condition, their vain but venerated traditions, their time-honored customs of profligacy, impelling to infanticide, parricide, Thuggish murders, and cannib
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Talk about this word "thuggish." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/thuggish. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. thuggish. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/thuggish "thuggish." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/thuggish.
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@misc{thuggish_2026,
title = {thuggish},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/thuggish},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
