Agonistic and Argumentative

Agonistic

Agonistic adjective - Feeling or displaying eagerness to fight.
Usage example: clearly a writer with a chip on his shoulder, he's very agonistic even when stating indisputable facts

Argumentative and agonistic are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Argumentative" instead an adjective "Agonistic".

Nearby Words: agonize, agonise

Argumentative

Argumentative adjective - Feeling or displaying eagerness to fight.
Usage example: an argumentative gang of bullies always looking for a fight

Agonistic and argumentative are semantically related. You can use "Agonistic" instead an adjective "Argumentative".

Nearby Words: argument, argumentation
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