"thuggish" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈθʌɡɪʃ/ Forms: more thuggish [comparative], most thuggish [superlative]
Rhymes: -ʌɡɪʃ Etymology: thug + -ish Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|thug|ish}} thug + -ish Head templates: {{en-adj}} thuggish (comparative more thuggish, superlative most thuggish)
  1. (derogatory) Characterized by thuggery; behaving in a violent or intimidating way; appearing to be violent or intimidating. Tags: derogatory
    Sense id: en-thuggish-en-adj-q7WLfd5z
  2. (obsolete) Resembling or characteristic of the assassins known as thugs or Thuggees (often capitalized in this sense). Tags: obsolete Translations (Translations): kovanaamainen (Finnish), brutal (French), violent (French), bandycki (Polish), chuligański (Polish)
    Sense id: en-thuggish-en-adj-p49b1i5G Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ish Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 39 61 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ish: 40 60 Disambiguation of 'Translations': 39 61
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: thuggishly, thuggishness

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