n. a fighter (especially one who participates in brawls)

n. a hired thug

n. someone who learned to fight in the streets rather than being formally trained in the sport of boxing

n. someone who deliberately stirs up trouble

adj. given to quarreling; "arguing children"; "quarrelsome when drinking"

adj. of or relating to litigation

adj. violent and lawless; "the more ruffianly element"; "tough street gangs"

n. a hired thug

n. a thief who enters a building with intent to steal

n. a thief who enters a building with intent to steal

n. someone who assists in a plot

n. a young offender

n. a political leader who seeks support by appealing to popular passions and prejudices

n. a bold outlaw (especially on the American frontier)

n. a criminal who is a member of gang

n. a professional killer

n. a professional killer

n. one who is playfully mischievous

n. a person who is discontented or disgusted

n. a thief who steals from someone by threatening violence

n. a person without moral scruples

n. anything that gives off an offensive odor (especially a cheap cigar)

n. a criminal who takes property belonging to someone else with the intention of keeping it or selling it

n. someone who torments

n. a person who has suddenly risen to a higher economic status but has not gained social acceptance of others in that class

n. an arrogant or presumptuous person

adj. having or showing determination and energetic pursuit of your ends; "an aggressive businessman"; "an aggressive basketball player"; "he was aggressive and imperious; positive in his convictions"; "aggressive drivers"

adj. violently agitated and turbulent; "boisterous winds and waves"; "the fierce thunders roar me their music"- Ezra Pound; "rough weather"; "rough seas"

adj. given to quarreling; "arguing children"; "quarrelsome when drinking"

adj. of or relating to litigation

adj. easily irritated or annoyed; "an incorrigibly fractious young man"; "not the least nettlesome of his countrymen"

adj. characteristic of an enemy or one eager to fight; "aggressive acts against another country"; "a belligerent tone"

adj. characteristic of an enemy or one eager to fight; "aggressive acts against another country"; "a belligerent tone"

adj. characterized by active hostility; "opponent (or opposing) armies"

adj. characterized by unrest or disorder or insubordination; "effects of the struggle will be violent and disruptive"; "riotous times"; "these troubled areas"; "the tumultuous years of his administration"; "a turbulent and unruly childhood"

adj. apt to speak irritably; "a snappish tone of voice"

adj. having a difficult and contrary disposition; "a cantankerous and venomous-tongued old lady"- Dorothy Sayers

adj. quickly aroused to anger; "a hotheaded commander"

adj. annoyed and irritable

adj. easily irritated or annoyed; "an incorrigibly fractious young man"; "not the least nettlesome of his countrymen"

adj. brusque and surly and forbidding; "crusty remarks"; "a crusty old man"; "his curmudgeonly temper"; "gruff manner"; "a gruff reply"

adj. showing a brooding ill humor; "a dark scowl"; "the proverbially dour New England Puritan"; "a glum, hopeless shrug"; "he sat in moody silence"; "a morose and unsociable manner"; "a saturnine, almost misanthropic young genius"- Bruce Bliven; "a sour temper"; "a sullen crowd"

adj. continually complaining or faultfinding; "a shrewish wife"; "nagging parents"

adj. inclined to anger or bad feelings with overtones of menace; "a surly waiter"; "an ugly frame of mind"

adj. extremely violent; "a knock-down-and-drag-out fight"

adj. marked by extreme and violent energy; "a ferocious beating"; "fierce fighting"; "a furious battle"

adj. characterized by unrest or disorder or insubordination; "effects of the struggle will be violent and disruptive"; "riotous times"; "these troubled areas"; "the tumultuous years of his administration"; "a turbulent and unruly childhood"