thuggish
5
7.4
- adjective
- /ˈθʌɡɪʃ/
- NSFW
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brutal
- Two men get out, thick-featured and thuggish, while a third
- thuggish tactics
- thuggish behavior
- thuggish intimidation
A guy, a very thuggish looking guy, young man, approaches you.
- A guy, a very thuggish looking guy, young man, approaches you.
- I mean, the Contras contained some of the shadiest and most thuggish people.
- But, but, but it's it's all a farce for the most ruthless, brutal, thuggish kind of behavior that one could expect.
- Maryland's thuggish, but Baltimore, it's drugged out.
- And here was this Middle Eastern looking guy or, or Latino looking guy, couldn't tell a kind of thuggish.
Examples
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A guy, a very thuggish looking guy, young man, approaches you.
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When public protests remain nonviolent, people stay; when things turn "thuggish," people go home.
Blog text (24) -
Nothing makes local cops act more thuggish than being subcontracted out to the Secret Service at a Republican shindig.
Blog text (13) -
Just a fancy name for a bunch of lowlife, thuggish bounty hunters.
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At one point, that vehicle, a jacked-up Buick, rode alongside, its occupants black guys, older fellows with a thuggish look.
Fiction book (1999) -
The thuggish gang intimidated everyone in the neighborhood with their aggressive behavior.
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She avoided the thuggish man who seemed to enjoy making others feel scared.
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The film depicted a thuggish character who used violence to achieve his goals.
Synonyms
68
5.4
Tough and likely to use force or violence
2
8.2
Likely to attack or hurt other people physically
1
9.6
Feeling easily annoyed and likely to snap at someone
Acting in a violent, rough way that breaks the law
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Etymology
Thuggish comes from thug, which comes from the Hindi word thag meaning 'cheat' or 'thief' and was used for violent gangs in India. So to be thuggish is to behave like a thug — rough, violent, and intimidating.