combative

English

Etymology

From combat +‎ -ive.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈkɒm.bə.tɪv/, (uncommon) /kɒmˈbæ.tɪv/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /kəmˈbæ.tɪv/, /ˈkɑm.bə.tɪv/

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Adjective

combative (comparative more combative, superlative most combative)

1. Given to fighting; disposed to engage in combat; pugnacious.

   Their combative conduct leads to many problems.

   • 2013, The Ultimate Daily Show and Philosophy:

     He finds, not “demigods” but “a combative group of exhausted, drunken, broken, petty, partisan, scheming, squabbling, bloviating, sensory-deprived, underoxygenated, fed-up, talked-out, overheated delegates so distraught they threatened violence, secession.

   • 2021 October 12, Jamie Lyall, “Faroe Islands 0-1 Scotland”, in BBC Sport‎^[1]:

     Salvation arrived - as it so often has in this nerve-shredding campaign - through Dykes, the combative striker.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:combative

Derived terms

• combatively
• combativeness
• combativity
• noncombative
• uncombative

Translations

given to fighting

• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Belarusian: ваяўні́чы m (vajaŭníčy)
• Bulgarian: воинствен (voinstven)
• Catalan: combatiu (ca)
• Danish: kamplysten, krigerisk (da)
• Dutch: strijdbaar (nl), strijdlustig (nl)
• Esperanto: batalema (eo)
• Finnish: riidanhaluinen (fi), taistelunhaluinen, taistelutahtoinen
• French: combatif (fr)
• German: kampfeslustig (de), kampflustig (de), kämpferisch (de), streitlustig, streitsüchtig (de), streitbar (de), aggressiv (de)
• Irish: trodach
• Italian: please add this translation if you can
• Japanese: 喧嘩っ早い (ja) (kenkappayai)
• Latin: pugnāx
• Polish: wojowniczy (pl)
• Portuguese: combativo
• Romanian: combativ (ro) m or n
• Russian: боево́й (ru) (bojevój), вои́нственный (ru) (voínstvennyj), агресси́вный (ru) (agressívnyj), драчли́вый (ru) (dračlívyj)
• Spanish: combativo (es)
• Swedish: stridslysten (sv)

French

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Adjective

combative

1. feminine singular of combatif