Tom gets very argumentative with a few beers under his belt.
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Argumentative
//ˌɑːɡjʊˈmɛntətɪv//
Synonyms for "argumentative" (56 found)
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Closest matches (12)
Strong matches (16)
Related words (28)
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Antonyms
1 entriesRelated terms
18 entriesShowing 16 of 18 words.
derived
9 entriesderived from
1 entriesrelated to
4 entriessimilar
11 entriesTranslations
61 translations across 27 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- argumentuar adj (prone to argue or dispute)
Ancient Greek
2 entries- φιλόνεικος adj (prone to argue or dispute)
- ἐριστικός adj (prone to argue or dispute)
Bulgarian
2 entries- дискусионен adj (prone to argue or dispute)
- спорен adj (prone to argue or dispute)
Cebuano
2 entries- palaaway adj (prone to argue or dispute)
- pilosopo adj (prone to argue or dispute)
Chinese
1 entries- 鐵齒 /铁齿 adj (prone to argue or dispute)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 矯情 /矫情 便便 adj (prone to argue or dispute)
Czech
4 entries- hádavý adj (prone to argue or dispute)
- přivý adj (prone to argue or dispute)
- vadivý adj (prone to argue or dispute)
- škorpivý adj (prone to argue or dispute)
Danish
1 entries- stridbar adj (prone to argue or dispute)
Dutch
3 entries- twistgierig adj (prone to argue or dispute)
- twistziek adj (prone to argue or dispute)
- venijnig adj (prone to argue or dispute)
Esperanto
1 entries- disputema adj (prone to argue or dispute)
Finnish
1 entries- riidanhaluinen adj (prone to argue or dispute)
French
2 entries- discutailleur adj (prone to argue or dispute)
- raisonneur adj (prone to argue or dispute)
Georgian
1 entries- საკამათო adj (prone to argue or dispute)
German
2 entries- argumentativ adj (prone to argue or dispute)
- streitlustig adj (prone to argue or dispute)
Greek
1 entries- πολεμικός adj (prone to argue or dispute)
Interlingua
1 entries- argumentative adj (prone to argue or dispute)
Irish
3 entries- aighneasach adj (prone to argue or dispute)
- argóinteach adj (prone to argue or dispute)
- conspóideach adj (prone to argue or dispute)
Italian
4 entries- ataccabrighe adj (prone to argue or dispute)
- litigioso adj (prone to argue or dispute)
- polemico adj (prone to argue or dispute)
- rissoso adj (prone to argue or dispute)
Japanese
2 entries- 理屈っぽい adj (prone to argue or dispute)
- 議論好きの adj (prone to argue or dispute)
Macedonian
1 entries- препирлив adj (prone to argue or dispute)
Māori
2 entries- pakapaka adj (prone to argue or dispute)
- pākani adj (prone to argue or dispute)
Polish
3 entries- kłótliwy adj (prone to argue or dispute)
- sporny adj (prone to argue or dispute)
- swarliwy adj (prone to argue or dispute)
Portuguese
2 entries- argumentativo adj (of or relating to argumentation; specifically, presenting a logical argument or line of reasoning — see also argumentive)
- discutidor adj (prone to argue or dispute)
Romanian
3 entries- argumentativ adj (prone to argue or dispute)
- cu argumente adj (prone to argue or dispute)
- plin de argumente adj (prone to argue or dispute)
Scottish Gaelic
2 entries- connsachail adj (prone to argue or dispute)
- connspaideach adj (prone to argue or dispute)
Spanish
4 entries- arguyente (desus.) adj (prone to argue or dispute)
- argüidor adj (prone to argue or dispute)
- argüitivo (desus.) adj (prone to argue or dispute)
- beligerante adj (prone to argue or dispute)
Swedish
2 entries- diskussionslysten adj (prone to argue or dispute)
- grälsjuk adj (prone to argue or dispute)
Sample sentences
18 total sentences available.
I agree with you, so there's no need to be so argumentative.
Source: tatoeba (3668676)
I tell you this without wanting to be argumentative and in all friendship.
Source: tatoeba (5526887)
Fadil became very difficult and argumentative.
Source: tatoeba (5883151)
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