ar·gu·men·ta·tive

(är′gyə-mĕn′tə-tĭv)

adj.

1. Given to arguing; disputatious.

2. Of or characterized by argument: an argumentative discourse.

ar′gu·men′ta·tive·ly adv.

ar′gu·men′ta·tive·ness n.

Synonyms: argumentative, contentious, disputatious, quarrelsome, scrappy²
These adjectives mean given to or characterized by arguing: an argumentative child; a contentious mood; a disputatious scholar; a quarrelsome drinker; a scrappy exchange.

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argumentative

(ˌɑːɡjʊˈmɛntətɪv)

adj

1. given to arguing; contentious

2. characterized by argument; controversial

ˌarguˈmentatively adv

ˌarguˈmentativeness n

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ar•gu•men•ta•tive

(ˌɑr gyəˈmɛn tə tɪv)

adj.

1. fond of or given to argument; disputatious.

2. causing argument; controversial.

[1635–45]

ar`gu•men′ta•tive•ly, adv.

ar`gu•men′ta•tive•ness, n.

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Adj.

argumentative - given to or characterized by argument; "an argumentative discourse"; "argumentative to the point of being cantankerous"; "an intelligent but argumentative child"

unargumentative - not given to or characterized by argument

argumentative

adjective quarrelsome, contrary, contentious, belligerent, combative, opinionated, litigious, disputatious You're in an argumentative mood today!
obliging, accommodating, easy-going, conciliatory, compliant, amenable, complaisant

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argumentative

adjective

Given to arguing:

combative, contentious, disputatious, eristic, litigious, polemic, polemical, quarrelsome, scrappy.

Translations

جَدَلي

svárlivývyhledávající spory

diskussionslysten

streitlustig

acariâtre raisonneur

vitakedvelõ

òrætugjarn

polemico

kranglevoren trettekjær

kavgacımünakaşacı

好争辩的

argumentative

[ˌɑːgjʊˈmentətɪv] ADJ [person] → amigo de las discusiones, discutidor

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argumentative

[ˌɑː^rgjʊˈmɛntətɪv] adj [person] → ergoteur/euse

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argumentative

adj person → streitsüchtig

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argumentative

[ˌɑːgjʊˈmɛntətɪv] adj → polemico/a

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argue

(ˈaːgjuː) verb

1. (with with someone, about something) to quarrel with (a person) or discuss (something) with a person in a not very friendly way. I'm not going to argue; Will you children stop arguing with each other about whose toy that is!

2. (with for, ~against) to suggest reasons for or for not doing something. I argued for/against accepting the plan.

3. (with into, ~out of) to persuade (a person) (not) to do something. I'll try to argue him into going; He argued her out of buying the dress.

4. to discuss, giving one's reasoning. She argued the point very cleverly.

ˈarguable adjective

able to be put forward in argument. It is arguable that he would have been better to go.

ˈargument noun

1. a quarrel or unfriendly discussion. They are having an argument about/over whose turn it is.

2. a set of reasons; a piece of reasoning. The argument for/against going; a philosophical argument.

ˌarguˈmentative (-ˈmentətiv) adjective

fond of arguing.

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What an argumentative fellow you are, Monsieur Pierre!"

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Miss Bates's powerful, argumentative mind might have strengthened yours."

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Trefusis, enraged, wrote an argumentative letter to the "Times," which was not inserted, a sarcastic one to the trades-union, which did no good, and a fierce one to the employers, who threatened to take an action for libel.

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A direct and categorical negative has something in the appearance of it more harsh, and more apt to irritate, than the mere suggestion of argumentative objections to be approved or disapproved by those to whom they are addressed.

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But during this argumentative time the de- sire to deal blows seemed to pass, although they said much to each other.

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The counsel were eloquent, argumentative, and vindictively abusive of each other, as was characteristic and proper.

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It is Adeimantus who is the respondent in the more argumentative, as Glaucon in the lighter and more imaginative portions of the Dialogue.

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'I really wonder, sir,' rejoined the old pupil in an argumentative manner, 'to find you taking a position so untenable.

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The more I made faces and gestures to him to do it, the more confidential, argumentative, and polite, he persisted in being to Me.

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Some said Marner must have been in a "fit", a word which seemed to explain things otherwise incredible; but the argumentative Mr.

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`Is not that rather a large thing to expect us to begin upon?' said Filby, an argumentative person with red hair.

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His voice, always very mild and interrogative, gradually became as soft and as tenderly argumentative as if he had been talking to a much-loved child.

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