adj.

Eager or disposed to fight; belligerent. See synonyms at argumentative.

combatively com·bat'ive·ly adv.
combativeness com·bat'ive·ness n.

adjective

1. Having or showing an eagerness to fight: bellicose, belligerent, contentious, hostile, militant, pugnacious, quarrelsome, scrappy, truculent, warlike. See attack/defend.
2. Inclined to act in a hostile way: aggressive, belligerent, contentious, hostile, militant. See attack/defend, attitude/good attitude/bad attitude/neutral attitude.
3. Given to arguing: argumentative, contentious, disputatious, eristic, litigious, polemic, polemical, quarrelsome, scrappy. See conflict/cooperation.

adj

Definition: aggressive
Antonyms: agreeable, compromising, peace-loving, peaceful

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The adjective has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: striving to overcome in argument
  Synonyms: agonistic, agonistical

Meaning #2: having or showing a ready disposition to fight
  Synonyms: battleful, bellicose, contentious

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - kamplysten

Nederlands (Dutch)
strijdlustig

Français (French)
adj. - combatif

Deutsch (German)
adj. - streitlustig, kampffreudig

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - μαχητικός, εριστικός

Italiano (Italian)
combattivo

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - combativo

Русский (Russian)
задиристый

Español (Spanish)
adj. - combativo, belicoso

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - stridslysten

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
好战的, 斗志旺盛的, 杀气腾腾的

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 好戰的, 鬥志旺盛的, 殺氣騰騰的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 호전적, 투쟁적

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 好戦的な, けんか好きの, 闘争的な

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) ميال للقتال, عراك‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮שש לקרב‬

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