English-Thai Dictionary

argumentative

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ARGUMENTATIVE

a. 1. Consisting of argument; containing a process of reasoning; as an argumentative discourse.
2. Showing reasons for; as, the adaptation of things to their uses is argumentative of infinite wisdom in the Creator.

 

ARGUMENTATIVELY

adv. In an argumentative manner.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

ARGUMENTATIVE

ARGUMENTATIVE Ar `gu *men "ta *tive, a.

 

1. Consisting of, or characterized by, argument; containing a process of reasoning; as, an argumentative discourse.

 

2. Adductive as proof; indicative; as, the adaptation of things to their uses is argumentative of infinite wisdom in the Creator. [Obs. ]

 

3. Given to argument; characterized by argument; disputatious; as, an argumentative writer. --Ar `gu *men "ta *tive *ly, adv. -- Ar `gu *men "ta *tive *ness, n.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

argumentative

ar gu men ta tive |ˌärgyəˈmentətiv ˈˌɑrɡjəˈmɛn (t )ədɪv | ▶adjective 1 given to expressing divergent or opposite views: an argumentative child. 2 using or characterized by systematic reasoning: the highest standards of argumentative rigor. DERIVATIVES ar gu men ta tive ly adverb, ar gu men ta tive ness noun ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French argumentatif, -ive or late Latin argumentativus, from argumentari ‘conduct an argument. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

argumentative

ar ¦gu |men ¦ta ¦tive |ɑːgjʊˈmɛntətɪv | ▶adjective 1 given to arguing: an argumentative child. 2 using or characterized by systematic reasoning: the highest standards of argumentative rigour. DERIVATIVES argumentatively adverb, argumentativeness noun ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French argumentatif, -ive or late Latin argumentativus, from argumentari ‘conduct an argument ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

argumentative

argumentative adjective the futility of dealing with argumentative people: quarrelsome, disputatious, captious, contrary, cantankerous, contentious; belligerent, bellicose, combative, antagonistic, truculent, pugnacious.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

argumentative

argumentative adjective he was argumentative, opinionated, and outspoken: quarrelsome, disputatious, bickering, wrangling, captious, contrary, cantankerous, contentious, litigious, dissentient, polemical; belligerent, bellicose, combative, antagonistic, aggressive, truculent, pugnacious; rare oppugnant. ANTONYMS compliant.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

argumentative

ar gu men ta tive /ɑ̀ː r ɡjəméntətɪv /形容詞 1 ｟非難して ｠〈人が 〉議論好きの, 理屈っぽい .2 論争を呼ぶ, 議論がましい 〈言葉など 〉.～ly 副詞