English to afrikaans meaning of

Die woordeboekdefinisie van die woord "strydlustig" is om 'n twisgierige of aggressiewe aard te hê; gretig of vinnig om te argumenteer, te baklei of mee te ding. Dit beskryf tipies iemand wat veglustig of gereed is om deel te neem aan 'n fisiese of verbale konfrontasie.

Synonyms

  1. hard-bitten
  2. hard-boiled

Sentence Examples

  1. To see those pugnacious attributes on a woman had given him pause.
  2. The latter was a small, alert, dark-eyed man about thirty years of age, very sturdily built, with thick black eyebrows and a strong, pugnacious face.