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Synonyms for confrontational
ˌkɒn frənˈteɪ ʃə nl, -frʌn-; ˈkɒn frənˌteɪ tɪv, kənˈfrʌn tə-con·fronta·tion·al
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Princeton's WordNet
confrontationaladjective
of or relating to confrontation
Editors Contribution
conflictfuladjective
a conflictful approach will lead to many confrontations
he's a very confrontational character.
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "confrontational":
antagonistic, adversarial, conflictual, conflicting, contentious
Words popularity by usage frequency
| ranking | word | |
|---|---|---|
| #15258 | conflicting | |
| #27806 | contentious | |
| #46040 | adversarial | |
| #49221 | antagonistic | |
| #51705 | confrontational | |
| #178413 | conflictual |
How to use confrontational in a sentence?
People in this movement allow for confronting, jostling, committing low-level types of offenses, but there has been for some time a core that have tipped the movement to confrontational violence, the hardest edge in the Antifa spectrum comes under that category...not all Antifa are busting heads.
Russia's response could have been a lot more confrontational.
The South Korean left has been more accommodating of North Korea, more willing to engage. The South Korean right has been more hawkish and more confrontational.
There is certainly not a confrontational relationship between me and the President, as I've mentioned many times, I give advice and opinion based (on) evidence-based scientific information. He hears that. He respects it. He gets opinions from a variety of other people. But in no way, in my experience over the last several months, has there been any confrontational relationship between us.
She basically tried to sabotage an entire arena tour, she tried to hire a bunch of people out from under me. And I'm surprisingly non-confrontational -- you would not believe how much I hate conflict. So now I have to avoid her. It's awkward, and I don't like it.
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- konfrontativGerman
- hyökkäävä, aggressiivinenFinnish
- konfrontasiIndonesian
- confruntareRomanian
- متنازعہUrdu
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