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combativeness

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of combativeness

an inclination to fight or quarrel

the boxer was known more for his unbridled combativeness than for his technical skill

Synonyms of combativeness

aggression, aggressiveness, assaultiveness, bellicosity, belligerence, belligerency, contentiousness, defiance, disputatiousness, feistiness, fight, militance, militancy, militantness, pugnacity, quarrelsomeness, scrappiness, truculence

Words Related to combativeness

antagonism, fierceness, hostility, hyperaggressiveness, unfriendliness

imperialism, jingoism, militarism

acidity, biliousness, captiousness, crankiness, crossness, disagreeableness, fractiousness, fretfulness, grouchiness, grumpiness, huffiness, irascibility, irascibleness, irritability, irritableness, orneriness, peevishness, pettishness, petulance, querulousness, rudeness, surliness, testiness, waspishness

Phrases Synonymous with combativeness

chip on one's shoulder

Near Antonyms of combativeness

antiaggression, anti-imperialism, antimilitarism

affability, amiability, amicability, benevolence, cordiality, friendliness, geniality, graciousness, pleasantness, sociability

gentleness, kindliness, mildness

amenability, complaisance, placability

Antonyms of combativeness

nonaggression, pacifism

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