2
cantankerously
2
disputatiously
2
dissonantly(adverb, discordantly)
2
face down with(adverb, bad behavior, negatively)
2
litigiously
1
act hostile to(adverb, bad behavior)
1
adversely(adverb, negatively)
1
antipathetically
1
apathetically(adverb, bad behavior)
1
arguably
1
bickeringly(adverb, bad behavior)
1
confrontationally
1
contrarily
1
debatably
1
defamatorily(adverb, bad behavior)
1
defiantly(adverb, bad behavior)
1
disputably
1
factiously
1
forbiddingly(adverb, bad behavior)
1
frown at(adverb, bad behavior)
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