Polemical
Polemical adjective - Given to arguing.
Usage example: during the Middle Ages even theologians could be surprisingly polemical in their writings
Pugnacious and polemical are semantically related. in argumentative topic. In some cases you can use "Pugnacious" instead an adjective "Polemical".
Pugnacious
Pugnacious adjective - Feeling or displaying eagerness to fight.
Polemical and pugnacious are semantically related. You can use "Polemical" instead an adjective "Pugnacious".
Nearby Word: pugnacity
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- contrary and polemical
- contrary and pugnacious
- touchy and polemical
- touchy and pugnacious
- fractious and polemical
- fractious and pugnacious
- hostile and polemical
- hostile and pugnacious
- virulent and polemical
- virulent and pugnacious
- quarrelsome and polemical
- quarrelsome and pugnacious
- cantankerous and polemical
- cantankerous and pugnacious
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