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an inclination to fight or quarrel
- the boxer was known more for his unbridled combativeness than for his technical skill
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- acidity,
- biliousness,
- captiousness,
- crankiness,
- crossness,
- disagreeableness,
- fractiousness,
- fretfulness,
- grouchiness,
- grumpiness,
- huffiness,
- irascibility,
- irascibleness,
- irritability,
- irritableness,
- orneriness,
- peevishness,
- pettishness,
- petulance,
- querulousness,
- rudeness,
- surliness,
- testiness,
- waspishness
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“Combativeness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/combativeness. Accessed 15 Jun. 2021.
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