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   Thug·gish

   /ˈTHəɡiSH/

   

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   • 1. characterized by violent behavior, especially of a criminal nature: "thuggish organized crime gangs"

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   • 1. thuggishly adverb

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   What does thuggish mean?

   • From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English thug‧gish /ˈθʌɡɪʃ/ adjective thuggish behaviour is violent behaviour in which people fight and attack others Examples from the Corpus thuggish • There was nothing thuggish about him but he looked like a gymnast.

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   What does Thug mean?

   • ( derogatory) Characterized by thuggery; behaving in a violent or intimidating way; appearing to be violent or intimidating. Their thuggish manner made continuing negotiations very difficult. ( obsolete) Resembling or characteristic of the assassins known as thugs or Thuggees (often capitalized in this sense).

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   • More 70 Thuggish Synonyms. Similar words for Thuggish. What is another word for Thuggish? Use filters to view other words, we have 70 synonyms for thuggish.

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   Where did thuggish come from?

   • OED's earliest evidence for thuggish is from 1848, in Lancaster Gazette. thuggish is formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: thug n., ‑ish suffix1. thuften, n.

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