combative

  • (s) 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,
  • (s) striving to overcome in argument
    • a dialectical and agonistic approach
    agonistical, agonistic,
  • (s) having or showing a ready disposition to fight
    • bellicose young officers
    • a combative impulse
    • a contentious nature
    battleful, bellicose,

Synonyms

contentious disputatious disputative litigious agonistical agonistic battleful bellicose

Words of close approximity

combatively combativeness