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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (3)

1. inclined or showing an inclination to dispute or disagree, even to engage in law suits;
- Example: "a style described as abrasive and contentious"
- Example: "a disputatious lawyer"
- Example: "a litigious and acrimonious spirit"
[syn: contentious, combative, disputatious, disputative, litigious]

2. striving to overcome in argument;
- Example: "a dialectical and agonistic approach"
[syn: agonistic, agonistical, combative]

3. having or showing a ready disposition to fight;
- Example: "bellicose young officers"
- Example: "a combative impulse"
- Example: "a contentious nature"
[syn: battleful, bellicose, combative]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Combative \Com"bat*ive\ (? or ?), a.
   Disposed to engage in combat; pugnacious.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

combative
    adj 1: inclined or showing an inclination to dispute or
           disagree, even to engage in law suits; "a style described
           as abrasive and contentious"; "a disputatious lawyer"; "a
           litigious and acrimonious spirit" [syn: contentious,
           combative, disputatious, disputative, litigious]
    2: striving to overcome in argument; "a dialectical and
       agonistic approach" [syn: agonistic, agonistical,
       combative]
    3: having or showing a ready disposition to fight; "bellicose
       young officers"; "a combative impulse"; "a contentious
       nature" [syn: battleful, bellicose, combative]