Combative
Combative adjective - Feeling or displaying eagerness to fight.
Usage example: channeling his naturally combative impulses into sports
Ornery and combative are semantically related. in aggressive topic. In some cases you can use "Ornery" instead an adjective "Combative".
Ornery
Ornery adjective - Having or showing a habitually bad temper.
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- irritable and combative
- irritable and ornery
- disagreeable and combative
- disagreeable and ornery
- surly and combative
- surly and ornery
- testy and combative
- testy and ornery
- contrary and combative
- contrary and ornery
- irascible and combative
- irascible and ornery
- choleric and combative
- choleric and ornery
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