Wordnet 3.0
ADJECTIVE (1)
1.
given to or characterized by argument;
- Example: "an argumentative discourse"- Example: "argumentative to the point of being cantankerous"- Example: "an intelligent but argumentative child"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
argumentative
adj 1: given to or characterized by argument; "an argumentative
discourse"; "argumentative to the point of being
cantankerous"; "an intelligent but argumentative child"
[ant: unargumentative]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
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