confrontational

Adjective

Meaning

of or relating to confrontation

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

warlike aggressive contentious antagonistic combative argumentative gladiatorial polemical quarrelsome pugnacious truculent bellicose hawkish trigger happy match-up

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Antonyms

diplomatic evasive peaceable propitiatory long-suffering well-intentioned

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Phrases with the word

confrontational behavior

Examples

You can't just have stuff that is free and escapist, you have to have stuff that is confrontational as well. You need stuff that is mystical but you need the realism too. Irvine Welsh

There not only should be far higher percentages of women in power, but they should be well represented at every level: crucial cabinet posts, ambassadorships, and the highest military ranks. I believe that countries then might not be so confrontational. Arnold M. Ludwig

I had my moments for sure but I wasn't confrontational. And sometimes you get on the court and you'd find yourself very confrontational. It was all a discovery. Andre Agassi

Everything has changed. An interview has become such a confrontational thing. It makes you very defensive. Francesca Annis

The iconoclastic mode, that specific mode of language, there is an element of it that it is punk - that is confrontational. That's just a part of the language of jazz - at a certain point. Matthew Shipp

The relationship between press and politician - protected by the Constitution and designed to be happily adversarial - becomes sour, raw and confrontational. Roger Mudd

Close letter words and terms

confrontation politics confrontation therapy confrontation with confrontational behavior confrontationalism confrontationalist