6
combative
6
contentious(adjective, argumentative, quarrelsome)
6
disputatious(adjective, determined, argumentative, quarrelsome, fencing)
4
litigious(adjective, argumentative, quarrelsome)
4
argumentative(adjective, determined, quarrelsome, fencing, tilting)
2
bellicose
2
controversial(adjective, argumentative, quarrelsome)
2
forensic(adjective, legal, judicial)
2
quarrelsome(adjective, argumentative)
1
disputations
1
eristic
1
fighting(verb, adjective, slanting, squinter, warmongering)
1
hawkish(adjective, difficult, determined, awkward, hostile)
1
hostile(argumentative, quarrelsome)
1
jingoistic(adjective, difficult, determined, awkward, hostile)
1
jousting(adjective, difficult, determined, awkward, hostile)
1
polemical(adjective, argumentative, quarrelsome)
1
pugnacious(adjective, argumentative, quarrelsome)
1
ready to fight(expression, adjective, idiom, determined, awkward)
1
skirmishing(adjective, difficult, determined, awkward, hostile)
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