| Argumentative 1. (a.) Consisting of, or characterized by, argument; containing a process of reasoning; as, an argumentative discourse. 2. (a.) Adductive as proof; indicative; as, the adaptation of things to their uses is argumentative of infinite wisdom in the Creator. 3. (a.) Given to argument; characterized by argument; disputatious; as, an argumentative writer. Thesaurus Entries argumental, belligerent, cat-and-dog, cat-and-doggish, combative, contentious, controversial, dialectic, disagreeable, disputatious, eristic, ill-humored, litigious, logomachic, pilpulistic, polemic, polemical, pro and con, quarrelsome, scrappy, testy |