thuggy

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adjective

thuggish

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Meanings

adjectivethuggy (comparative thuggier, superlative thuggiest)

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

Origin

From thug + -y.

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Cite this entry
APA

thuggy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thuggy

MLA

“thuggy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thuggy. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “thuggy,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thuggy.

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