slovo | definícia |
combative (mass) | combative
- bojovný |
combative (encz) | combative,bojovný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Combative (gcide) | Combative \Com"bat*ive\ (? or ?), a.
Disposed to engage in combat; pugnacious.
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combative (wn) | combative
adj 1: inclined or showing an inclination to dispute or
disagree, even to engage in law suits; "a style described
as abrasive and contentious"; "a disputatious lawyer"; "a
litigious and acrimonious spirit" [syn: contentious,
combative, disputatious, disputative, litigious]
2: striving to overcome in argument; "a dialectical and
agonistic approach" [syn: agonistic, agonistical,
combative]
3: having or showing a ready disposition to fight; "bellicose
young officers"; "a combative impulse"; "a contentious
nature" [syn: battleful, bellicose, combative] |
| podobné slovo | definícia |
combative (mass) | combative
- bojovný |
combative (encz) | combative,bojovný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
combatively (encz) | combatively, adv: |
combativeness (encz) | combativeness,bojovnost n: Zdeněk Brož |
bellicose combative pugnacious scrappy truculent (gcide) | Aggressive \Ag*gres"sive\, a. [Cf. F. agressif.]
1. Tending or disposed to aggress; having or showing
determination and energetic pursuit of one's own ends at
the expense of others or mindless of others' needs or
desires; characterized by aggression; making assaults;
unjustly attacking; as, an aggressive policy, war, person,
nation; an aggressive businessman; an aggressive
basketball player; he was aggressive and imperious in his
convictions; aggressive drivers. Opposite of
unaggressive.
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No aggressive movement was made. --Macaulay.
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2. Marked by self-confident ambition, vigorous
competitiveness, energy and initiative; as, an aggressive
young executive.
Syn: enterprising, pushful, pushing, pushy
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3. (Med., Biol.) Tending to grow or spread quickly; as, an
aggressive tumor. [Narrower terms: {invasive (vs.
noninvasive) ] --AS
Syn: fast-growing(prenominal)
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4. Tending to initiate unprovoked attacks; initiating
unprovoked military action; eager to fight; as, aggressive
acts against another country.
Syn: belligerent.
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Note: Narrower related terms: {bellicose, combative,
pugnacious, scrappy, truculent ; {hard-hitting,
high-pressure ; hostile (used of attempts to buy or
take control of a business: "hostile takeover";
"hostile tender offer"); {predatory, rapacious,
raptorial, ravening, vulturine, vulturous . See also:
assertive, hostile, offensive.
[WordNet 1.5] -- Ag*gres"sive*ly, adv. --
Ag*gres"sive*ness, n.
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Combativeness (gcide) | Combativeness \Com"bat*ive*ness\, n.
1. The quality of being combative; propensity to contend or
to quarrel.
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2. (Phren.) A cranial development supposed to indicate a
combative disposition.
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combative (wn) | combative
adj 1: inclined or showing an inclination to dispute or
disagree, even to engage in law suits; "a style described
as abrasive and contentious"; "a disputatious lawyer"; "a
litigious and acrimonious spirit" [syn: contentious,
combative, disputatious, disputative, litigious]
2: striving to overcome in argument; "a dialectical and
agonistic approach" [syn: agonistic, agonistical,
combative]
3: having or showing a ready disposition to fight; "bellicose
young officers"; "a combative impulse"; "a contentious
nature" [syn: battleful, bellicose, combative] |
combatively (wn) | combatively
adv 1: in a bellicose contentious manner; "`Don't trespass onto
my property,' the neighbor shouted combatively" [syn:
combatively, scrappily] |
combativeness (wn) | combativeness
n 1: a militant aggressiveness [syn: combativeness,
militance, militancy] |
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