confrontational

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for confrontational
Adjective
  • Trump prompts a more aggressive digital posture Democrats adopted a more combative stance online in recent weeks as Trump’s moves to slash the federal workforce drew protests from liberals and pushback at GOP town halls.
    Matt Brown, Los Angeles Times, 23 Mar. 2025
  • As a result, teams are taking a more aggressive approach.
    Zak Garner-Purkis, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • From Myanmar comes the story of a student turned insurgent who joined a militant guerilla group set on overthrowing the country’s military junta.
    The Dial, The Dial, 1 Apr. 2025
  • Israel ended its ceasefire with the Hamas militant group and renewed its air and ground war last month.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 1 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Andreas typically waits until there have been three instances of potential hostile communication before asking her friend or colleague if everything is OK.
    Angela Haupt, Time, 28 Mar. 2025
  • Home to one of the world’s largest refugee populations – most of them from Afghanistan – Pakistan has not always welcomed the foreigners, subjecting them to hostile living conditions and threatening deportation over the years.
    Sophia Saifi, CNN Money, 28 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • These comments seemed to further his feud with the agency following a contentious 2018 Tesla settlement over Musk's tweets that resulted in the Supreme Court declining to hear Musk's arguments against his tweets being monitored by the SEC.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 31 Mar. 2025
  • And with that, Bob Dylan continued to play electric, despite the contentious crowd.
    Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 31 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Small, combative players who can win second balls will do the job.
    Sam Lee, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
  • The moment was classic Fine, a politician who may be the Florida legislature’s brashest and most combative.
    Jeffrey Schweers, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • The effect is assaultive but clever, jolting listeners’ reflexes and then toying with their attention.
    Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 21 Mar. 2025
  • There were no observed overt assaultive acts or movements displayed by [the man] on the video.
    Josh Wood, The Courier-Journal, 18 Feb. 2025
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“Confrontational.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/confrontational. Accessed 6 Apr. 2025.

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