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Definition of Thuggish
1. characteristic of a thug [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Thuggish
Literary usage of Thuggish
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Sermons by John Jortin (1850)
"... parricide, thuggish murders, and cannibalism —all conflict steadily with the
holiest efforts to transform them into symmetrical Christians. ..."
2. Dilemmas of Independence: Ukraine After Totalitarianism by Alexander J. Motyl (1993)
"Or the emigre chauvinists, whose thuggish behavior and rabid intolerance are
hallmarks of Ukrainian diaspora life? As I shall argue throughout this book, ..."
3. In the Niger Country by Harold Bindloss (1898)
"Members of this thuggish league wearing hoods of leopard skin break into the
villagers' huts at night, and carry off the inmates. These are never seen again ..."
4. Counterfeiting of U. S. Currency Abroad: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on edited by Spencer Bachus (1999)
"We should not confuse the Islamic Republic with a thuggish regime such as that
of Saddam Hussein in Iraq. The mullahs ruling Tehran are relatively ..."
5. Today's Short Stories Analyzed: An Informal Encyclopedia of Short Story Art by Robert Wilson Neal (1918)
"I compared him mentally with the generally accepted idea of the low-browed,
thuggish, murderous invader of homes. I felt inclined to laugh. 100. ..."
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