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单词 combativeness
释义

combative

adjective

com·​bat·​ive kəm-ˈba-tiv How to pronounce combative (audio)
: marked by eagerness to fight or contend
combatively adverb
combativeness noun

Synonyms

  • aggressive
  • agonistic
  • argumentative
  • assaultive
  • bellicose
  • belligerent
  • brawly
  • chippy
  • confrontational
  • contentious
  • discordant
  • disputatious
  • feisty
  • gladiatorial
  • militant
  • pugnacious
  • quarrelsome
  • scrappy
  • truculent
  • warlike
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Example Sentences

When the police tried to arrest him, he became combative. channeling his naturally combative impulses into sports
Recent Examples on the Web Some elders with dementia become angry, restless, combative and even violent. Carolyn Rosenblatt, Forbes, 18 Aug. 2022 But the district’s employee survey, obtained through an open records request, showed Gadson was soon seen by some as combative and demeaning of subordinates. Robert Gehrke, The Salt Lake Tribune, 29 July 2022 In the hearings that followed, Cunha had been combative and defiant. Hartford Courant, 6 June 2022 Kathy Barnette says the reason for her surge in the latest polls in the crowded, combative and extremely expensive Republican Senate primary in battleground Pennsylvania is simple. Paul Steinhauser, Fox News, 11 May 2022 Too many campaigns revolve around the idea that candidates should be not just unyielding or combative but transgressive. The Editors, National Review, 5 Aug. 2022 Former President Donald Trump remained neutral in the high-profile and combative race until Monday night, on the eve of Missouri's primary. Paul Steinhauser, Fox News, 3 Aug. 2022 After an expensive and often combative campaign, voters in a bellwether Northern California county have mostly turned away a slate of far-right candidates who had sought to take control of local government. Jessica Garrison, Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2022 The moments between Huntt and Veronica are tense and at times combative. Jasmin Hernandez, ELLE, 9 July 2022 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1826, in the meaning defined above

combativeness

noun

as in aggression
an inclination to fight or quarrel the boxer was known more for his unbridled combativeness than for his technical skill

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • aggression
  • aggressiveness
  • hostility
  • pugnacity
  • belligerence
  • defiance
  • contentiousness
  • feistiness
  • militance
  • assaultiveness
  • militancy
  • fight
  • bellicosity
  • truculence
  • belligerency
  • scrappiness
  • quarrelsomeness
  • disputatiousness
  • irritability
  • antagonism
  • unfriendliness
  • fierceness
  • militantness
  • testiness
  • jingoism
  • irascibility
  • peevishness
  • militarism
  • chip on one's shoulder
  • petulance
  • rudeness
  • fractiousness
  • crankiness
  • imperialism
  • orneriness
  • disagreeableness
  • irritableness
  • crossness
  • surliness
  • grouchiness
  • grumpiness
  • fretfulness
  • hyperaggressiveness
  • querulousness
  • biliousness
  • acidity
  • huffiness
  • captiousness
  • pettishness
  • waspishness
  • irascibleness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • pacifism
  • sociability
  • friendliness
  • geniality
  • nonaggression
  • amiability
  • gentleness
  • affability
  • benevolence
  • graciousness
  • amicability
  • antimilitarism
  • cordiality
  • pleasantness
  • kindliness
  • mildness
  • complaisance
  • anti-imperialism
  • antiaggression
  • amenability
  • placability
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