thuggish

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Synonyms: thuggism, sluggish, hoggish, haggish, muggish, puggish, thingish, smuggish, whiggish, toughish, thugging

Antonyms: thuggism, sluggish, hoggish, haggish, muggish, puggish, thingish, smuggish, whiggish, toughish, thugging

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Adjective

1. {{lb|en|derogatory}} Characterized by [[thuggery]]; [[behave|behaving]] in a [[violent]] or [[intimidating]] way; [[appear]]ing to be violent or intimidating.
2. {{lb|en|obsolete}} Resembling or characteristic of the [[assassin]]s known as [[thug]]s or [[thuggee]]s (often capitalized in this sense).

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