The quality or state of being argumentative:
argumentativeness, combativeness, disputatiousness, litigiousness, scrappiness. See conflictWarlike or hostile attitude or nature:
bellicoseness, bellicosity, belligerence, belligerency, combativeness, hostility, militance, militancy, pugnaciousness, pugnacity, truculence, truculency. See attackThe power or will to fight:
bellicoseness, bellicosity, belligerence, belligerency, combativeness, fight, pugnaciousness, pugnacity, truculence, truculency. See conflictHostile behavior:
aggression, aggressiveness, belligerence, belligerency, combativeness, hostility, militance, militancy. See attack
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