All confrontational synonyms
con·fron·ta·tion·al
C c adj confrontational
- combative — A person who is combative is aggressive and eager to fight or argue.
- adversarial — If you describe something as adversarial, you mean that it involves two or more people or organizations who are opposing each other.
- antagonistic — If a person is antagonistic to someone or something, they show hatred or dislike towards them.
- bellicose — You use bellicose to refer to aggressive actions or behaviour that are likely to start an argument or a fight.
- adverse — Adverse decisions, conditions, or effects are unfavourable to you.
- opposed — to act against or provide resistance to; combat.
- uncooperative — working or acting together willingly for a common purpose or benefit.
- disruptive — causing, tending to cause, or caused by disruption; disrupting: the disruptive effect of their rioting.
- pugnacious — inclined to quarrel or fight readily; quarrelsome; belligerent; combative.
- contentious — A contentious issue causes a lot of disagreement or arguments.
- cantankerous — Someone who is cantankerous is always finding things to argue or complain about.
- truculent — fierce; cruel; savagely brutal.
adjective confrontational
- argumentative — Someone who is argumentative is always ready to disagree or start quarrelling with other people.
- quarrelsome — inclined to quarrel; argumentative; contentious.
- hostile — of, relating to, or characteristic of an enemy: a hostile nation.
- challenging — A challenging task or job requires great effort and determination.
- aggressive — An aggressive person or animal has a quality of anger and determination that makes them ready to attack other people.
- provocative — tending or serving to provoke; inciting, stimulating, irritating, or vexing.
- militant — vigorously active and aggressive, especially in support of a cause: militant reformers.
- belligerent — A belligerent person is hostile and aggressive.