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Definition of combative in English: combativeadjective ˈkɒmbətɪvˈkʌmbətɪvkəmˈbædɪv Ready or eager to fight or argue. he made some enemies with his combative style Example sentencesExamples - At times she is combative, at times submissive, according to the situation and her state of mind.
- This combative style is not surprising given her background.
- They were very combative, and very competitive internally and externally.
- Although combative in his ideas, he was the opposite of an ideological monomaniac.
- Criticising the work of such a combative figure is hardly a low-risk occupation.
- If you said something combative, the person you spoke to is probably less than thrilled.
- Then again, are the police trained to handle such cases that are obviously combative but also sensitive?
- The focus is on those people actually taking part in hostilities in a combative role.
- Even many who sympathize with his concerns find his combative style haughty and unforgiving.
- While this received plenty of laughs, the combative chairman was not amused as will be revealed later.
- To prove his point, the combative attorney general played a familiar Washington game.
- Some families are more combative than others and, yes, it's normal for siblings to fight.
- Political life is a combative life, with positions being tested and retested before they're taken out into the world.
- Footwear is in a seductive and strangely combative mood this season.
- He shows wonderful energy, putting himself all over the field to combative purpose, and he passes the ball well enough.
- I like the combative side and I enjoy a challenge but I'm a genuine player.
- Now 27, his combative style has become crucial to Leeds United's title challenge.
- Correction must be firm enough for the dog to want to work to avoid it but not aggressive or combative.
- In that combative battlefield there seems to be no middle ground, just the immovable solidarity of two irreconcilable forces.
- To label as combative this epic standoff from this morning's show would be to understate the man's pugilistic expertise.
Synonyms pugnacious, aggressive, antagonistic, quarrelsome, argumentative, contentious, hostile, truculent, threatening, belligerent, bellicose, militant, warlike, warmongering, hawkish, militaristic informal spoiling for a fight North American informal badass rare oppugnant
Derivatives adverbˈkɒmbətɪvlikəmˈbædɪvli Interestingly, the first season puts a strong focus on the relationship between father Howard and son Ritchie, the two working cooperatively and sometimes combatively through the ups and downs of teenage life. Example sentencesExamples - He responded combatively in classical Hebrew, a language alien to the church.
- The film is modestly and precisely made, but combatively, with genuine and not contrived feeling.
- It also ensures that inveterate political opponents have a reliable forum in which they can engage safely and combatively with each other.
- This is followed by a narrative poem which combatively asserts the central role played by women (Eve, the Virgin Mary, Pilate's wife, the daughters of Jerusalem) in the Christian tradition.
nounˈkɒmbətɪvnəskəmˈbædɪvnəs But, in the end, the combativeness that stood him in such good stead as a politician cost him the job he loves, leaving him both personally and professionally bereft. Example sentencesExamples - Its combativeness, its hostility to everything it perceives as a threat, works against it here.
- Natural combativeness, an innate immunity to being cowed by the biggest names or the biggest occasions in football, is obviously a vital part of the equipment he carries on to the field.
- Age may have withered his speed, but his combativeness remains undimmed.
- His customary combativeness in print hasn't mellowed much, mind you.
Definition of combative in US English: combativeadjectivekəmˈbædɪvkəmˈbadiv Ready or eager to fight; pugnacious. he made some enemies with his combative style Example sentencesExamples - Although combative in his ideas, he was the opposite of an ideological monomaniac.
- Political life is a combative life, with positions being tested and retested before they're taken out into the world.
- I like the combative side and I enjoy a challenge but I'm a genuine player.
- Footwear is in a seductive and strangely combative mood this season.
- If you said something combative, the person you spoke to is probably less than thrilled.
- Correction must be firm enough for the dog to want to work to avoid it but not aggressive or combative.
- To prove his point, the combative attorney general played a familiar Washington game.
- In that combative battlefield there seems to be no middle ground, just the immovable solidarity of two irreconcilable forces.
- They were very combative, and very competitive internally and externally.
- Some families are more combative than others and, yes, it's normal for siblings to fight.
- While this received plenty of laughs, the combative chairman was not amused as will be revealed later.
- To label as combative this epic standoff from this morning's show would be to understate the man's pugilistic expertise.
- Now 27, his combative style has become crucial to Leeds United's title challenge.
- Then again, are the police trained to handle such cases that are obviously combative but also sensitive?
- He shows wonderful energy, putting himself all over the field to combative purpose, and he passes the ball well enough.
- Criticising the work of such a combative figure is hardly a low-risk occupation.
- This combative style is not surprising given her background.
- At times she is combative, at times submissive, according to the situation and her state of mind.
- The focus is on those people actually taking part in hostilities in a combative role.
- Even many who sympathize with his concerns find his combative style haughty and unforgiving.
Synonyms pugnacious, aggressive, antagonistic, quarrelsome, argumentative, contentious, hostile, truculent, threatening, belligerent, bellicose, militant, warlike, warmongering, hawkish, militaristic
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