argumentative
adjective
[ ɑːɡjʊˈmɛntətɪv ]
• given to arguing.
• "an argumentative child"
Similar:
quarrelsome,
disputatious,
bickering,
wrangling,
captious,
contrary,
cantankerous,
contentious,
litigious,
dissentient,
polemical,
belligerent,
bellicose,
combative,
antagonistic,
aggressive,
truculent,
pugnacious,
oppugnant,
• using or characterized by systematic reasoning.
• "the highest standards of argumentative rigour"
Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French argumentatif, -ive or late Latin argumentativus, from argumentari ‘conduct an argument’.
