Synonyms for combativeness
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : kuh m-bat-iv, kom-buh-tiv, kuhm- |
| Phonetic Transcription : kəmˈbæt ɪv, ˈkɒm bə tɪv, ˈkʌm- |
Top 10 synonyms for combativeness
Définition of combativeness
Origin :- 1819, from combat + -ive. In 1820s-30s, much associated with phrenology. Related: Combatively; combativeness (1815).
- noun belligerence
- If her combativeness roused in him any resentment, he did not permit it to show in his voice.
- Extract from : « Rim o' the World » by B. M. Bower
- His conduct is distinguished by selfishness and combativeness.
- Extract from : « The Civilization Of China » by Herbert A. Giles
- A certain sort of combativeness she had, but it was combativeness with the edge taken off.
- Extract from : « The Faith Doctor » by Edward Eggleston
- My wife tells me that I am given to combativeness, and I have no doubt that she is right.
- Extract from : « The Vicar of Bullhampton » by Anthony Trollope
- This touched a sore spot, and aroused Ruth Leigh's combativeness.
- Extract from : « The Golden House » by Charles Dudley Warner
- I like the combativeness of it, the way he hurls himself at windmills.
- Extract from : « Paths of Judgement » by Anne Douglas Sedgwick
- And the artistic temperament is long on endurance and short on combativeness.
- Extract from : « The Rest Hollow Mystery » by Rebecca N. Porter
- Combativeness—Courage, opposition, intrepidity, quarrelsomeness.
- Extract from : « Mrs. Hale's Receipts for the Million » by Sarah Josepha Hale
- On this reflection his spirits rose again, now spiced with combativeness.
- Extract from : « A Young Man's Year » by Anthony Hope
- Alfred's combativeness had grown markedly since his making acquaintance with Mutimer.
- Extract from : « Demos » by George Gissing
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