agonistical
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English
11 letters
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Definitions
Pertaining to violent contests, bodily or mental; pertaining to athletic or polemic feats; athletic; combative; hence, strained; unnatural. As a scholar, he [Dr. Parr] was brilliant, but he consumed his power in agonistic displays. De Quincey.
Definition: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Synonyms
striving to overcome in argument
Synonyms grouped by meaning — WordNet 3.1 (Princeton University).