What is "combative" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does combative mean in English? Meaning of combative definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "combative" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "combative": inclined or showing an inclination to dispute or disagree, even to engage in law suits

Adjective

  • Meaning: inclined or showing an inclination to dispute or disagree, even to engage in law suits
  • Example: a style described as abrasive and contentious a disputatious lawyer a litigious and acrimonious spirit
  • Synonyms: combative contentious disputatious disputative litigious
  • Similar: argumentative
  • Pronunciation in UK: /ˈkɒm.bə.tɪv/

    Meaning of "combative": striving to overcome in argument

    Adjective

  • Meaning: striving to overcome in argument
  • Example: a dialectical and agonistic approach
  • Synonyms: agonistic agonistical combative
  • Similar: competitive competitory
  • Pronunciation in UK: /ˈkɒm.bə.tɪv/

    Meaning of "combative": having or showing a ready disposition to fight

    Adjective

  • Meaning: having or showing a ready disposition to fight
  • Example: bellicose young officers a combative impulse a contentious nature
  • Synonyms: battleful bellicose combative
  • Similar: aggressive
  • Pronunciation in UK: /ˈkɒm.bə.tɪv/

  • Adjective: Given to fighting; disposed to engage in combat; pugnacious. His combative style leads to many arguments.
  • Synonyms:

    contentious, energetic, cantankerous, belligerent, bellicose, antagonistic, militant, ornery, pugnacious, quarrelsome, strenuous, truculent, warlike, warring, scrappy, cussed, fire-eating, gladiatorial, hawkish, ructious, trigger-happy,

    Antonyms:

    kind, peaceful, nice, agreeable, compromising, peaceloving,

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    combative in English: combative
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