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thuggish

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8 lettersPronunciation /ˈθʌɡɪʃ/Sorted gghhistuStarts with TEnds with H0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. Violent, intimidating, or behaving like a bully.

Word origin

From thug + -ish.

Used in a sentence

  • Their thuggish manner made continuing negotiations very difficult.
  • We were Jews—and not only were we not inferior to the goyim who beat us at football, but the chances were that because we could not commit our hearts to victory in such a thuggish game, we were superior!
  • They were a motley collection; a mixture of the weak seeking protection, the ambitious seeking some shared glory, and the thuggish gravitating toward a leader who could show them more refined forms of cruelty.

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