Lexic.us

Definition of Combative

1. Adjective. Inclined or showing an inclination to dispute or disagree, even to engage in law suits. "A litigious and acrimonious spirit"

2. Adjective. Striving to overcome in argument. "A dialectical and agonistic approach"

3. Adjective. Having or showing a ready disposition to fight. "A contentious nature"

Definition of Combative

1. a. Disposed to engage in combat; pugnacious.

Definition of Combative

1. Adjective. Given to fighting; disposed to engage in combat; pugnacious. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Combative

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Combative

combat intelligence combat mission combat neurosis combat pay combat pilot combat ship combat sport combat zone combatable combatant

combatants combated combater combaters combating combative (current term) combatively combativeness combativenesses combats

combatted combatting combatworthy combe combed combeite comber combers combes combfish

Literary usage of Combative

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Naval Officers: Their Heredity and Development by Charles Benedict Davenport (1919)
"Hyper- kinesis (energy) is mentioned 3 times on the paternal side and not at all on the maternal; but combative is indicated 10 times as a characteristic on ..."

2. Essays and Observations on Natural History, Anatomy, Physiology, Psychology by John Hunter, Richard Owen (1861)
"On the combative Principle in Animals. I believe that the animals that are most disposed to fight, are those that are not beasts of prey: therefore, ..."

3. The Invasion of the Crimea: Its Origin, and an Account of Its Progress Down by Alexander Kinglake (1877)
"France, he also combative knew, of late years, had generally done the re- England™' * 1852. See ante. •)• The delivery of the key and the star to the Latin ..."

4. Charles Reade, Dramatist, Novelist, Journalist: A Memoir Compiled Chiefly by Charles L. Reade (1887)
"... CHAPTER V. combative. IT was on the eve of the issue of ' White Lies,' when the public had begun to think that the author of ' It is Never too Late to ..."

5. Essentials of Social Psychology by Emory Stephen Bogardus (1918)
"... inquisitive, combative, acquisitive, and play instincts and tendencies will receive attention. The gregarious instinct rests upon the satisfaction of ..."

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