Antonyms for disputatious
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : dis-pyoo-tey-shuh s |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˌdɪs pyʊˈteɪ ʃəs |
Definition of disputatious
- adj argumentative
- Even in repose there was about him something talkative and disputatious.
- Extract from : « The Freelands » by John Galsworthy
- Those who are skilled (in the Tao) do not dispute (about it); the disputatious are not skilled in it.
- Extract from : « Tao Teh King » by Lao-Tze
- Liberty there was, but it was a disputatious, an uncertain, an ill-secured liberty.
- Extract from : « Daniel Webster for Young Americans » by Daniel Webster
- He had a rather mad look in his eye and a disputatious manner.
- Extract from : « A Girl Among the Anarchists » by Isabel Meredith
- He is generally arrogant, disputatious, autocratic, and ambitious.
- Extract from : « Simon Eichelkatz; The Patriarch » by Ulrich Frank
- Benvolio, a cantankerous, disputatious gentleman in "Romeo and Juliet."
- Extract from : « The Nuttall Encyclopaedia » by Edited by Rev. James Wood
- He says that the Sophist is a disputatious man who challenges every one for speaking falsehood.
- Extract from : « Plato and the Other Companions of Sokrates, 3rd ed. Volume III (of 4) » by George Grote
- What had become of his disputatious and learned associates that not one of them stood up to plead for the life of Socrates now?
- Extract from : « Second Book of Tales » by Eugene Field
- "Don't call it grog," retorted Mat, with two disputatious taps on the rim of the glass.
- Extract from : « Hide and Seek » by Wilkie Collins
- Never did there exist a man of talent so insupportably obstinate, so disputatious, or so unamiable in society.
- Extract from : « Lives of Celebrated Women » by Samuel Griswold Goodrich
Synonyms for disputatious
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