thuggish.
Characterized by thuggery; behaving in a violent or intimidating way; appearing to be violent or intimidating.
Meaning & usage
Characterized by thuggery; behaving in a violent or intimidating way; appearing to be violent or intimidating.
Their thuggish manner made continuing negotiations very difficult.
Resembling or characteristic of the assassins known as thugs or thuggees (often capitalized in this sense).
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree English thug Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-isk Old English -isċ Middle English -isch English -ish English thuggish From thug + -ish.
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