argumentative
- fond of or given to argument and dispute; disputatious; contentious: The law students were an unusually argumentative group.
- of or characterized by argument; controversial: an argumentative attitude toward political issues.
- Law. arguing or containing arguments suggesting that a certain fact tends toward a certain conclusion.
Origin of argumentative
Related Words for argumentative
opinionated, belligerent, combative, contentious, contrary, controversial, disputatious, factious, litigious, pugnacious, quarrelsome, salty, scrappy, touchy, spikyExamples from the Web for argumentative
Contemporary Examples of argumentative
A “why” question, always dangerous for various reasons, is particularly objectionable when argumentative.
Pistorius’s Cross-Examination Could Have Been Grounds for a Mistrial in a U.S. CourtJames D. Zirin
May 5, 2014
“Debate is competitive argumentation so debaters tend to be competitive and argumentative,” Lubetsky said.
Ted Cruz at Princeton: Creepy, Sometimes Well Liked, and Exactly the SamePatricia Murphy
August 19, 2013
This deeply engaged, argumentative monologue is an exercise in reaching, again and again beyond the limits of unbelieving.
And being too argumentative can cost you part of your social circle.
Some have speculated the argumentative Hampton could be a new addition to the Atlanta Housewives cast.
Historical Examples of argumentative
"That's not the case," he observed with argumentative calmness.
The Market-PlaceHarold Frederic
Uncle Remus seemed to boil over with argumentative indignation.
Nights With Uncle RemusJoel Chandler Harris
Voices from forward came to him, muffled, but angry and argumentative.
The Wreck of the TitanMorgan Robertson
“I think your fear is all an empty affair,” he said, in an argumentative tone.
That Girl MontanaMarah Ellis Ryan
But he was an old bird, and not to be caught in an argumentative cage.
Long Live the KingMary Roberts Rinehart
argumentative
- given to arguing; contentious
- characterized by argument; controversial