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
Assaultive and agonistic are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Assaultive" instead an adjective "Agonistic".
Assaultive
Assaultive adjective - Feeling or displaying eagerness to fight.
Usage example: with viciously assaultive prose the writer takes on her critics
Agonistic and assaultive are semantically related. You can use "Agonistic" instead an adjective "Assaultive".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- discordant and agonistic
- discordant and assaultive
- hostile and agonistic
- hostile and assaultive
- truculent and agonistic
- truculent and assaultive
- quarrelsome and agonistic
- quarrelsome and assaultive
- aggressive and agonistic
- aggressive and assaultive
- warlike and agonistic
- warlike and assaultive
- belligerent and agonistic
- belligerent and assaultive
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