Usually means: Rough and aggressive behavior or conduct.
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▸ noun:  The quality or state of being thuggish.

Similar:
thugness, thugdom, puggishness, hoggishness, tough-guyness, thievishness, huggableness, huggability, gruffness, pugnaciousness, more...

Opposite:
gentleness, civility, refinement, sophistication

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Similar:
thugness, thugdom, puggishness, hoggishness, tough-guyness, thievishness, huggableness, huggability, gruffness, pugnaciousness, more...

Opposite:
gentleness, civility, refinement, sophistication



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