combativeadj.
/ˈkɒmbətɪv//ˈkʌmbətɪv//kəmˈbatɪv/ Disposed or given to combat, fond of fighting, pugnacious.
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society > society and the community > dissent > quarrel or quarrelling > [adjective] > quarrelsome
sakfulc1000
strifefula1382
litigiousc1384
barratous1430
tuilyier-like1444
mellyvousc1450
toilousc1450
debatous1483
debatefula1492
sturtinga1500
squaringc1530
striving1530
contentious1533
factious1533
quarrellous?1567
quarrelsome1576
bateful1582
mutinous1589
discordful1596
tuilyiesomec1598
brabbling1603
bangling1615
brangling1621
rixosous1623
pugnacious1642
stickling1642
pugnatory1656
litigiose1677
vitilitigious1683
fire-eating1811
wranglesome1817
vitilitigating1819
combativea1834
brawlsome1845
battlesome1877
fighty1888
scrappy1895
tasty1974
a1834 C. Lamb Let. to Wordsworth in R. G. Latham Dict. Eng. Lang. (1872) His fine combative manner.
1877 A. W. Kinglake Invasion of Crimea (ed. 6) V. i. 115 The combative impulses.
1882 J. H. Blunt Reformation Church of Eng. II. 304 Ridley, combative to the last, wished to reply.
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