Synonyms of assaultive

assaultive

adjective

ə-ˈsȯl-tiv 

as in aggressive

feeling or displaying eagerness to fight

with viciously assaultive prose the writer takes on her critics

Synonyms & Similar Words

• aggressive
• militant
• hostile
• confrontational
• combative
• contentious
• belligerent
• irritable
• bellicose
• warlike
• acidic
• pugnacious
• ugly
• agonistic
• savage
• fierce
• argumentative
• vicious
• truculent
• quarrelsome
• discordant
• feisty
• disputatious
• gladiatorial
• rude
• scrappy
• chippy
• on the warpath
• brawly
• antagonistic
• cross
• fighting
• disagreeable
• petulant
• irascible
• bilious
• peevish
• ornery
• testy
• warring
• snappish
• bristly
• battling
• querulous
• dyspeptic
• choleric
• fretful
• surly
• fractious
• waspish
• hot-tempered
• pettish
• bearish
• touchy
• huffy
• grouchy
• ill-tempered
• grumpy
• crabby
• ill-natured
• prickly
• stroppy
• ill-humored
• cranky
• snappy

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• nonaggressive
• peaceable
• peaceful
• pacific
• pleasant
• conciliatory
• friendly
• ingratiating
• amiable
• benevolent
• unwarlike
• nonbelligerent
• affable
• cordial
• easygoing
• gracious
• good-natured
• genial
• complaisant
• uncontentious
• sociable
• amicable
• uncombative
• calm
• quiet
• mild
• serene
• obliging
• benign
• unbelligerent
• gentle
• tranquil
• antimilitarist
• kindhearted
• relaxed
• anti-imperialist
• good-tempered
• kindly

Examples of assaultive in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Addi describes Konni as the leader of the gang, but Guðmundsson’s screenplay, so accurate at catching the assaultive language that is wielded like a defensive weapon even between close friends, puts Addi at its center: golden and good-looking, with something of a young Ryan O’Neal about him. —Jessica Kiang, Variety, 24 Feb. 2022

That cliché has become an assaultive and overly programmed way of doling out The Hand Of Fate. —Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 22 Mar. 2023

Turfe said the majority of the youths in the facility are accused of serious assaultive crimes and are sometimes rival gang members, complicating the process of releasing kids from their rooms. —Gina Kaufman, Detroit Free Press, 16 Dec. 2022

Surely all three of these works are meant to be ingratiating, not assaultive — with a bit more intellectual content to the Brahms. —Scott Cantrell, Dallas News, 5 Apr. 2022