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argumentative

[ahr-gyuh-men-tuh-tiv] / ˌɑr gjəˈmɛn tə tɪv /


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Before comedy, his rage would make its way past his calm and quiet qualities and express itself through his argumentative personality.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026

South Hall is known as one of Eastern’s “dump-off” blocks, where they send rabble-rousers, the outspoken, argumentative prisoners, the ones who have most fallen out of favor with the guards.

From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026

Adams was a balding curmudgeon from Massachusetts—brainy, argumentative and physically ill-favored.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026

Prosecutor Peter Joyce KC told the trial the atmosphere in The Crown Inn had been "menacing, threatening, argumentative and disputing" because of Gothard's behaviour.

From BBC ● May 7, 2026

He sat glumly through the rest of the hearing, holding his head, which I found even more disheartening than when he was argumentative and distraught.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson


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