thuggish

Adjective

Meaning

(derogatory) Characterized by thuggery; behaving in a violent or intimidating way; appearing to be violent or intimidating.
Their thuggish manner made continuing negotiations very difficult.

(obsolete) Resembling or characteristic of the assassins known as thugs or Thuggees (often capitalized in this sense).

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Examples

Article continues below"For Cook to make these sort of thuggish charges is a little bit disingenuous," said former Ted Cruz campaign pollster Chris Wilson on "America's Newsroom." Source: Internet

It may seem far-fetched, but with the current thuggish atmosphere in our football, it is possible. Source: Internet

That Britain is now a thuggish semi police state (they don’t shoot protesters on the streets, yet, so “semi” seems right) is a very sad thing. Source: Internet

When I think of the Arizona law, it reminds me of those espionage movies behind the Iron Curtain or during WW2 when the hero/heroine sat anxiously waiting while thuggish officials walked the aisles of the train to arbitrarily harass and bully passengers. Source: Internet

This is a murderous, thuggish regime. Source: Internet

We did not have repressive and thuggish administration during the Italian, British and Ethiopian occupations … why now? Source: Internet

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