Combative
Combative adjective - Feeling or displaying eagerness to fight.
Controversial and combative are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Controversial" instead the word "Combative" as an adjective or a noun.
Controversial
Controversial adjective - Given to arguing.
Usage example: controversial by temperament, she's the sort of political attack dog who kills all hope of bipartisanship
Combative and controversial are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Combative" instead the word "Controversial" as an adjective or a noun.
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- testy and combative
- testy and controversial
- active and combative
- active and controversial
- contrary and combative
- contrary and controversial
- touchy and combative
- touchy and controversial
- quarrelsome and combative
- quarrelsome and controversial
- captious and combative
- captious and controversial
- belligerent and combative
- belligerent and controversial
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