thuggish
pronunciation
How to pronounce thuggish in British English:
UK ['θʌɡɪʃ]
How to pronounce thuggish in American English:
US ['θʌɡɪʃ]
Word Origin
- thuggish (adj.)
- "ruffianly, brutal and forceful," 1870, from thug + -ish. Related: Thuggishly; thuggishness.
Example
- 1. Libya 's leader muammar qaddafi is thuggish and paranoid .
- 2. Further splintering may one day produce a thuggish force on the right .
- 3. Daniel arap moi , the thuggish dictator of kenya , decided to build over uhuru park , the only green space in the capital of nairobi .
- 4. Countries send their best-behaved politicians to davos and leave the more thuggish and populist ones at home .
- 5. Anything like their usual thuggish response will not go down well abroad .