combative English

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What does combative mean?

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combative Adjective

— If someone or something is combative, they are quick to fight or argue. After some difficult questions, the president's tone became very combative.

combative

— adjective (= contentious, disputatious, litigious) inclined or showing an inclination to dispute or disagree, even to engage in law suits a style described as abrasive and contentious a disputatious lawyer a litigious and acrimonious spirit

— adjective (= agonistic) striving to overcome in argument a dialectical and agonistic approach

— adjective (= bellicose) having or showing a ready disposition to fight bellicose young officers a combative impulse a contentious nature

Synonyms combative synonyms

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combative English » English

militant

bellicose

pugnacious

belligerent

contentious

battleful

aggressive

quarrelsome

martial

litigious

fighting

disputative

disputatious

combatant

agonistical

agonistic

warlike

war-ridden

vixenish

termagant

soldierly

offensive

military

irruptive

defiant

cantankerous

argumentative

antagonistic

adjectival

Topics combative topics

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Language and thought Communication Say Debate

Quarrel

• What words describe someone who quarrels often?
  quarrelsome contentious argumentative combative pugnacious faultfinding

Social behavior Conflict

Hostility

• What words describe someone who is hostile?
  hostile aggressive combative contentious discordant