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Definition of thuggish in English: thuggishadjective ˈθʌɡɪʃˈθəɡɪʃ Characterized by violent behaviour. thuggish organized crime gangs they have been accused of thuggish tactics Example sentencesExamples - His thuggish friends show up, scaring away his attackers.
- He discusses the mutation of punk's angry energy into something more thuggish and mindless.
- The sport will always be marred by thuggish fighting.
- He has risen to be the most trusted lieutenant to a thuggish gang boss.
- Zoot suits were seem as thuggish and anti-establishment back in the day.
Derivatives adverbˈθʌɡɪʃliˈθəɡɪʃli A slow-motion replay revealed that he had deliberately lashed out at an opponent, thuggishly kicking the player's ankle. Example sentencesExamples - He and his partner continue to thuggishly interrogate the local townsmen, attempting to pin the crime on the local town dunce.
- In the way that they're organized and in the way that they thuggishly behave, they remind one of the Cosa Nostra.
- How could people behave so thuggishly, when called upon to hold a minute's silence?
- I think that if somebody behaves thuggishly towards you, you have the right to protect yourself.
nounˈθʌɡɪʃnəsˈθəɡɪʃnəs mass nounViolent behaviour. there can be no excuse for thuggishness and lawless behaviour Example sentencesExamples - There's none of that half-cocked, late-night thuggishness about these soldiers.
- Maybe he is actually sensitive under his mask of thuggishness.
- It is all too easy for seemingly small, random acts of thuggishness to escalate into an all-out brutal assault.
Definition of thuggish in US English: thuggishadjectiveˈθəɡɪʃˈTHəɡiSH Characterized by violent behavior. thuggish organized crime gangs they have been accused of thuggish tactics Example sentencesExamples - He discusses the mutation of punk's angry energy into something more thuggish and mindless.
- His thuggish friends show up, scaring away his attackers.
- Zoot suits were seem as thuggish and anti-establishment back in the day.
- He has risen to be the most trusted lieutenant to a thuggish gang boss.
- The sport will always be marred by thuggish fighting.
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