Argumentative
[ɑːgjʊ'mentətɪv] or [,ɑrɡju'mɛntətɪv]
Definition
(adj.) given to or characterized by argument; 'an argumentative discourse'; 'argumentative to the point of being cantankerous'; 'an intelligent but argumentative child' .
Typed by Juan--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Consisting of, or characterized by, argument; containing a process of reasoning; as, an argumentative discourse.
(a.) Adductive as proof; indicative; as, the adaptation of things to their uses is argumentative of infinite wisdom in the Creator.
(a.) Given to argument; characterized by argument; disputatious; as, an argumentative writer.
Edited by Lizzie
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Controversial, polemical.[2]. Disputatious, given to controversy.
Checker: Reginald
Examples
- Miss Bates's powerful, argumentative mind might have strengthened yours. Jane Austen. Emma.
- He had a passion for the argumentative conversion of heretics, and he was commissioned by Pope Innocent III to go and preach to the Albigenses. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Mr. Lorry opened his hands, and extended them outwards with an argumentative smile. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- I really wonder, sir,' rejoined the old pupil in an argumentative manner, 'to find you taking a position so untenable. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- The more I made faces and gestures to him to do it, the more confidential, argumentative, and polite, he persisted in being to Me. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- The counsel were eloquent, argumentative, and vindictively abusive of each other, as was characteristic and proper. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- It is Adeimantus who is the respondent in the more argumentative, as Glaucon in the lighter and more imaginative portions of the Dialogue. Plato. The Republic.
- Really, my dear Sir, really;' and the little man took an argumentative pinch of snuff, and looked very profound. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Perker, strengthening his argumentative powers with another pinch of snuff, proceeded-- 'I have seen the woman, this morning. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- You see your temper got the better of you; that's where you lost ground, says Mr. Bucket in an argumentative and friendly way. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- He had some reason for loving to dispute, being eloquent, an acute sophister, and, therefore, generally successful in argumentative conversation. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
Checker: Reginald