as in aggressive
feeling or displaying eagerness to fight
her confrontational, in-your-face manner doesn't help get legislation passed
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Recent Examples of confrontational
In a world on fire, artists sometimes choose language that sounds confrontational or violent.
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Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 14 Sep. 2025
Honest communication can reduce emotional charge and make planning feel collaborative rather than confrontational.
—Bruce Helmer, Twin Cities, 13 Sep. 2025
Some called his methods confrontational, or accused him of polarizing campuses.
—Gabriel Nadales, Oc Register, 11 Sep. 2025
The arrest followed days of apparent confrontational social media posts, allegedly doxxing her friends and family members.
—Julia Moore, People.com, 10 Sep. 2025
The second is an indie approach that’s often more confrontational, irreverent and angry at the injustice and indifference AIDS patients faced.
—Scott Malia, The Conversation, 10 Sep. 2025
The arrest followed days of apparent confrontational social media posts, allegedly doxxing her friends and family members.
—Brenton Blanchet, PEOPLE, 9 Sep. 2025
This is the polar opposite of, say, a project designed to be controversial, confrontational and put TIFF on the defensive.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 5 Sep. 2025
Instead of a confrontational regional environment characterized by periodic attacks against Iran and Iranian retaliation, a new agreement could bring greater stability and predictability.
—Robert J. Einhorn, Foreign Affairs, 29 Aug. 2025
Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 14 Sep. 2025
Honest communication can reduce emotional charge and make planning feel collaborative rather than confrontational.
—Bruce Helmer, Twin Cities, 13 Sep. 2025
Some called his methods confrontational, or accused him of polarizing campuses.
—Gabriel Nadales, Oc Register, 11 Sep. 2025
The arrest followed days of apparent confrontational social media posts, allegedly doxxing her friends and family members.
—Julia Moore, People.com, 10 Sep. 2025
The second is an indie approach that’s often more confrontational, irreverent and angry at the injustice and indifference AIDS patients faced.
—Scott Malia, The Conversation, 10 Sep. 2025
The arrest followed days of apparent confrontational social media posts, allegedly doxxing her friends and family members.
—Brenton Blanchet, PEOPLE, 9 Sep. 2025
This is the polar opposite of, say, a project designed to be controversial, confrontational and put TIFF on the defensive.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 5 Sep. 2025
Instead of a confrontational regional environment characterized by periodic attacks against Iran and Iranian retaliation, a new agreement could bring greater stability and predictability.
—Robert J. Einhorn, Foreign Affairs, 29 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for confrontational
Adjective
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Now and in the future In the early days of the Bowman era, the Oilers appear to be more aggressive in looking for talent.—
Allan Mitchell,
New York Times,
14 Sep. 2025
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First, assume that classification will be litigated if the arrangement is aggressive or if the borrower is thinly capitalized.—
Virginia La Torre Jeker,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Jeffrey Breinholt, an architect of the material support statutes who spent three decades as a federal terrorism prosecutor, defends the laws as crucial to closing loopholes that were exploited by foreign militant groups and their domestic sympathizers.—
Hannah Allam,
ProPublica,
10 Sep. 2025
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Lellouche stars as unlikely hero Zem, a disillusioned Zone 3 cop with an idealistic militant past, who is teamed with haughty, high-flying Zone 2 officer Salia, played by Adèle Exarchopoulos, after a leading politician is assassinated in Zone 1.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
10 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Thanks to climate change, Cosmism’s ambivalent and generally hostile attitude towards the natural world should also sound familiar.—
Tim Brinkhof,
Big Think,
12 Sep. 2025
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Another camera designed to withstand the hostile environment of space was used outside.—
Catherine Muccigrosso,
Charlotte Observer,
11 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The contentious issue, which was regarded as a momentous turning point when it was adopted by the European Union in 2023, has been a hot topic at the IAA Mobility auto show in Munich this week.—
Sam Meredith,
CNBC,
10 Sep. 2025
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One of those was his contentious divorce with his first wife Denise Richards.—
Lea Veloso,
StyleCaster,
10 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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For many Democrats, however, Kirk was an offensive rage-baiter and the face of the MAGA movement's combative style.—
Phillip M. Bailey,
USA Today,
12 Sep. 2025
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Trump's combative approach to his role of healer-in-chief when tragedy strikes also represents a break from tradition, according to presidential historians who spoke with Newsweek.—
Daniel Bush,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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But attorney Gabi Silver, who previously represented one of the men in the original case before Hartig, said the judge made the appropriate call for a low-level, non-assaultive felony case against a client with no prior criminal record.—
Darcie Moran,
Freep.com,
30 Aug. 2025
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The record indicates that the instant offense has elements of brutality, violence, assaultive behavior or conscious selection of victim's vulnerability indicating a conscious disregard for the lives, safety, or property of others, such that the offender poses a continuing threat to public safety.—
Ron Estes,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Mar. 2025
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“Confrontational.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/confrontational. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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