Argumentative

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Argumentative \Ar`gu*men"ta*tive\, a.
     1. Consisting of, or characterized by, argument; containing a
        process of reasoning; as, an argumentative discourse.
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     2. Adductive as proof; indicative; as, the adaptation of


        things to their uses is argumentative of infinite wisdom
        in the Creator. [Obs.]
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     3. Given to argument; characterized by argument;
        disputatious; as, an argumentative writer.
        [1913 Webster] --{Ar`gu*men"ta*tive*ly}, adv. --
        {Ar`gu*men"ta*tive*ness}, n.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  argumentative
       adj : given to or characterized by argument; "an argumentative
             discourse"; "argumentative to the point of being
             cantankerous"; "an intelligent but argumentative child"
             [ant: {unargumentative}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  21 Moby Thesaurus words for "argumentative":
     argumental, belligerent, cat-and-dog, cat-and-doggish, combative,
     contentious, controversial, dialectic, disagreeable, disputatious,
     eristic, ill-humored, litigious, logomachic, pilpulistic, polemic,
     polemical, pro and con, quarrelsome, scrappy, testy