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combative

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com·bat·ive  (km-btv)
adj.
Eager or disposed to fight; belligerent. See Synonyms at argumentative.
com·bative·ly adv.
com·bative·ness n.
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Adj.1.combative - 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"
contentious, disputatious, disputative, litigious
argumentative - given to or characterized by argument; "an argumentative discourse"; "argumentative to the point of being cantankerous"; "an intelligent but argumentative child"
2.combative - striving to overcome in argument; "a dialectical and agonistic approach"
agonistical, agonistic
competitive, competitory - involving competition or competitiveness; "competitive games"; "to improve one's competitive position"
3.combative - having or showing a ready disposition to fight; "bellicose young officers"; "a combative impulse"; "a contentious nature"
battleful, bellicose
aggressive - having or showing determination and energetic pursuit of your ends; "an aggressive businessman"; "an aggressive basketball player"; "he was aggressive and imperious; positive in his convictions"; "aggressive drivers"
combative
adjective aggressive, militant, contentious, belligerent, antagonistic, pugnacious, warlike, bellicose, truculent, quarrelsome << OPPOSITE nonaggressive


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Formerly she had felt that he regarded her with indifference and irony, and so had shrunk into herself as she did with others and had shown him only the combative side of her nature; but now he seemed to be trying to understand the most intimate places of her heart, and, mistrustfully at first but afterwards gratefully, she let him see the hidden, kindly sides of her character.
War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
Then, she was supported by an unnatural tension of the nerves, and by all the combative energy of her character, which enabled her to convert the scene into a kind of lurid triumph.
The Scarlet Letter by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context
The bravest, and the most combative and self- sacrificing of our comrades went into the Fighting Groups.
The Iron Heel by London, Jack View in context
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