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thuggy

thuggy adjective: thuggish.

Adjective

thuggy (comparative thuggier, superlative thuggiest)

  1. thuggish
    • “These are brutally thuggy people who don’t want to rule politically and have no strategy for winning a war,” Dr. Boothby said.2007 April 29, Jeffrey Gettleman, “The Perfect Weapon for the Meanest Wars”, in New York Times

Forms of thuggy

comparativethuggier
superlativethuggiest

Origin of thuggy

From thug + -y.

Questions about thuggy

What does thuggy mean?
Thuggy means thuggish.
What part of speech is thuggy?
Thuggy is an adjective.

Words near thuggy in the dictionary

  1. thuggishly
  2. thuggishness
  3. thuggism
  4. thuggo
  5. thuggos
  6. thuggy
  7. thugi
  8. thugification
  9. thugis
  10. thuglet
  11. thuglets

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