What does combative mean?
Combative means Given to fighting; disposed to engage in combat; pugnacious..
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/ˈkɒm.bə.tɪv/ · adjective
Given to fighting; disposed to engage in combat; pugnacious..
Their combative conduct leads to many problems.
He finds, not “demigods” but “a combative group of exhausted, drunken, broken, petty, partisan, scheming, squabbling, bloviating, sensory-deprived, underoxygenated, fed-up, talked-out, overheated delegates so distraught they threatened violence, secession.
Salvation arrived - as it so often has in this nerve-shredding campaign - through Dykes, the combative striker.
Use combative when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Combative means Given to fighting; disposed to engage in combat; pugnacious..
Common synonyms include aggressive, antagonistic, assaultive, bellicose.
Possible antonyms include calm, conflict-free, dovish, nonaggressive.
Their combative conduct leads to many problems.
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