Adversarial
Adversarial adjective - Marked by opposition or ill will.
Usage example: the relationship between the president and the congress should not be adversarial if anything is to get done
Uncivil and adversarial are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Uncivil" instead an adjective "Adversarial".
Nearby Word: adversary
Uncivil
Uncivil adjective - Not civilized.
Adversarial and uncivil are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Adversarial" instead an adjective "Uncivil".
Nearby Words: uncivilised, uncivilly
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- ill-mannered and adversarial
- ill-mannered and uncivil
- rude and adversarial
- rude and uncivil
- unpleasant and adversarial
- unpleasant and uncivil
- disagreeable and adversarial
- disagreeable and uncivil
- impertinent and adversarial
- impertinent and uncivil
- inconsiderate and adversarial
- inconsiderate and uncivil
- impolite and adversarial
- impolite and uncivil
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