OXFORD 9000
📚 adj • entry_id 12565

argumentative

/ˌɑːɡjʊˈmɛntətɪv/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
arguyente (desus.) • argüidor • argüitivo (desus.) • beligerante • contencioso • discutidor • peleonero • peleón • pendenciero • polemista • rijoso
Prone to argue or dispute.
He found that in an argumentative discussion, when an adversary responded argumentatively, male and female subjects did not differ in their preference for message strategies. Howev…
Your host was in his turn eloquent,—authoritative,—facetious,—argumentative,—precatory,—pathetic, above all, pertinacious.