thuggishadj.
/ˈθʌɡɪʃ/, U.S. /ˈθəɡɪʃ/ Resembling or characteristic of a thug; characterized by violent or aggressive behaviour.
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1848 Lancaster Gaz. 15 Jan. He received..a Thuggish notice to prepare for death.
1875 Pop. Sci. Monthly Sept. 549 They began to pursue their thuggish practices even in daylight.
1976 Daily Tel. 25 Oct. 2/4 Thuggish youths streaming from the rival demonstration.
2010 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 13 June (Week in Review section) 2/2 Nothing seemed to decontaminate the company's reputation as thuggish and out of control.
Compounds
thuggish-looking adj. that looks like a thug.
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1903 Contested Election Case R. W. Bonynge vs. J. F. Shafroth (1st Congressional District Colorado) I. 204 There were hoboes and thuggish-looking personages presenting names.
1953 W. S. Burroughs Junkie viii. 75 I..got in conversation with a thuggish-looking young Italian.
2020 Toronto Star (Nexis) 2 July a6 A thuggish-looking man with a buzz cut roughly pushed me back.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2021; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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adj.1848- to declare oneself
- to declare open season
- to declare open season on
- to declare something from the house-top
- to declare something from the house-tops
- to declare something from the housetop
- to declare something from the housetops
- to declare something on the house-top
- to declare something on the house-tops
- to declare something on the housetop
- to declare something on the housetops
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- to declare something upon the house-tops
- to declare something upon the housetop
- to declare something upon the housetops
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- to declare upon the house-tops
- to declare upon the housetop
- to declare upon the housetops
- to declare war
- to decree a person for
- to decree for
- to deem one's penny good silver
- to deem one's penny silver
- to deem to death