argumentative
Meanings
Adjective
- given to or characterized by argument
- "an argumentative discourse"
- "argumentative to the point of being cantankerous"
- "an intelligent but argumentative child"
Adj
- Of or relating to argumentation; specifically, presenting a logical argument or line of reasoning; argumentive, discursive.
- Prone to argue or dispute.
Origin / Etymology
From Late Middle English argumentatif (“syllogistic, sophistic”), from Old French argumentatif, argumentative (modern French argumentatif (“argumentative”)) and Medieval Latin, Late Latin argūmentātīvus, from Latin argūmentātor + -īvus (suffix forming adjectives).
Synonyms
agonistic, argumentary, argumentative, bangsome, bellicose, belligerent, contentious, debateful, discursory, disputatious, factious, fractious, fratchety, fratchy, litigious, logomachic, pettifogging, quarrelous, quarrelsome, rantankerous, squabbly, strifeful, unpacific
Antonyms
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