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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. [1913 Webster] 2. Adductive as proof; indicative; as, the adaptation of things to their uses is argumentative of infinite wisdom in the Creator. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster]
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