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execution was effective and brilliant. — Bjornstjerne Bjornson;
• (combative)- ready or inclined to fight; pugnacious; In addition he was
prompt, combative, and magnanimous; shrewd, but never subtle; sensible,
but not imaginative. — Lady John Russell;
• (competitive)- having a strong desire to compete or to succeed,
( ); The easiest kind of competitive examination is an
examination in writing. — An Autobiography;
• (litigious)-inclined to dispute or disagree; argumentative, ( ); The
tenants were not going to be frustrated by that—being Irishmen and litigious,
which is one and the same thing. — The Reminiscences of an Irish Land Agent;
• (militant)- vigorously active and aggressive, esp. in support of a cause,
( , , ); Men of neutral quality do not make good
Christians-militant. — Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Reformers;
• (antagonistic)- hostile; unfriendly, ( , , ); Then he
became antagonistic, and now his army, recruited from bandit elements, was
fighting the Bolsheviki. — My Disillusionment in Russia;
• acting in opposition; opposing, esp. mutually, ( );
• (antipathetic)- opposed in nature or character; antagonistic;
Mutually antipathetic, they quarreled, but could not afford to quarrel long.
— The Dust Flower;
• (martial)- inclined or disposed to war; warlike, ( ); The sound of
martial music inspired the young cadet with dreams of military glory-
Barron’s GRE;
disputatious : polemic > polemical
• (polemic)- a controversial argument, as one against some opinion, doctrine,
etc., ( ; ); This polemic is evidenced as being contrary to the
traditional exegesis in every level. — Conservapedia - Recent changes [en];
• (polemical)- (polemical) – ( ); I have long since made up my mind to
stick to prose; it is the true medium for a polemical egotist. — The Unclassed;
contentious > contention > contend = vie viable = feasible
• (contention)- a struggling together in opposition; strife;
• strife in debate; dispute; controversy, ( , , ); Such
a contention is absurd, for it puts the cart before the horse. — The War in
South Africa Its Cause and Conduct;
• (contend)- to struggle in opposition, ( ; ;
); I by no means concealed from myself the difficulties with which I had
to contend or the doubts the critics would express, but this troubled me very