Contentious
Contentious adjective - Feeling or displaying eagerness to fight.
Embattled and contentious are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Embattled" instead an adjective "Contentious".
Nearby Word: contention
Embattled
Embattled adjective - Prepared for battle.
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Synonyms for Embattled
Contentious and embattled are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Contentious" instead an adjective "Embattled".
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Related pairs
- truculent and contentious
- truculent and embattled
- quarrelsome and contentious
- quarrelsome and embattled
- aggressive and contentious
- aggressive and embattled
- warlike and contentious
- warlike and embattled
- radical and contentious
- radical and embattled
- belligerent and contentious
- belligerent and embattled
- martial and contentious
- martial and embattled
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