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
Stroppy and agonistic are semantically related. (British) In some cases you can use "Stroppy" instead an adjective "Agonistic".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- irritable and agonistic
- irritable and stroppy
- ill-tempered and agonistic
- ill-tempered and stroppy
- prickly and agonistic
- prickly and stroppy
- truculent and agonistic
- truculent and stroppy
- quarrelsome and agonistic
- quarrelsome and stroppy
- aggressive and agonistic
- aggressive and stroppy
- warlike and agonistic
- warlike and stroppy
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