Examples of 'thuggish' in a sentence
Meaning of "thuggish"
The term 'thuggish' (adjective) is used to describe behavior or characteristics associated with a thug, such as violence, intimidation, or criminality
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- Characterized by thuggery; behaving in a violent or intimidating way; appearing to be violent or intimidating.
- Resembling or characteristic of the assassins known as thugs or Thuggees (often capitalized in this sense).
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The kidnappers were thuggish older men.
Thuggish behaviour will not be tolerated.
We all loved him and he was so thuggish.
Those who speak thuggish do it with full intent.
Physical attacks on journalists are thuggish.
Some act as the thuggish arm of repressive governments.
It would not surprise me with this thuggish administration.
Thuggish can be good sometimes.
He did not have to be provoked to show thuggish tendencies.
Slightly thuggish young men.
He hung around with anybody that was more thuggish.
At first it was capricorn a thuggish bandit working for an evil duke.
This is amateurish and thuggish.
Say some thuggish dudes came in and shot up the place.
Humanity has a thuggish side.
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Many of them are certainly obnoxious stupid and thuggish.
Forgive my thuggish compatriots.
I imagine it might be a little thuggish.
This is a thuggish government that is engaged in massive human rights violations.
The heads of the families would promote any thuggish cousin.
Just a thuggish company.
Thuggish killer who by accident was exposed to a nerve gas which can simulate death.
It was just thuggish.
There are celebrated writers in whom he detects a naivete that he obviously finds almost thuggish.
He looked thuggish.
The thuggish behavior was then meted out to Ford Rouge workers the next day.
Trump expresses in a more explicitly thuggish form what the financial aristocracy is thinking.
A thuggish order I immediately disregarded because I do not take orders from you.
Kennedy chastises the father and his thuggish friends for their actions.
He was thuggish ruggish for real, though.
Fascists have always used a mixture of constitutional means and thuggish violence to come to power.
Firing Comey is a thuggish abuse of executive power.
Probably a protest against certain people 's thuggish behaviour.
You look a thuggish member of the Little Rascals.
The ruling party has faced similar accusations of bungling or thuggish behavior following previous disasters.
After that, the thuggish one said he would break my nose.
He 's being confronted by these kind of thuggish guys.
I mean, they are thuggish and you could have apologized.
I mean, it was known as a thuggish league.
Do not you feel his thuggish skills are rather wasted in high office?
Trump 's national-populist appeal is matched by his bellicose militarism and thuggish authoritarianism.
So, underneath this thuggish exterior lies a very soft and cuddly person.
A setback for the entire race, with their degrading lyrics and thuggish behavior.
The Maduro government chose unexpectedly thuggish tactics to seize control of the Assembly.
He loved making fun of the books I read . He looked thuggish.
This selection process is enforced by a thuggish band of guards led by Habris.
Slightly thuggish young men . Inquisitive children.
A stunt like that is … thuggish and obvious.
Grant 's thuggish behaviour only brings Sharon and Phil closer together.
The brothers ' actively violent and thuggish style of play excites the fans.
