combative

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adjective

1. 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
• Syn:
contentious, disputatious, disputative, litigious
• Similar to:
argumentative
• Derivationally related forms:
litigiousness (for: litigious), dispute (for: disputative), dispute (for: disputatious), contention (for: contentious), contentiousness (for: contentious)
2. having or showing a ready disposition to fight
- bellicose young officers
- a combative impulse
- a contentious nature
• Syn:
battleful, bellicose
• Similar to:
aggressive
• Derivationally related forms:
combat, combativeness
3. striving to overcome in argument
- a dialectical and agonistic approach
• Syn:
agonistic, agonistical
• Similar to:
competitive, competitory
• Derivationally related forms:
combativeness

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  battleful, bellicose, agonistic, agonistical, contentious, disputatious, disputative, litigious