agonistic

About 0.34 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Of or relating to contests that were originally participated in by the Ancient Greeks; athletic.
2. adjective Characterised by conflict or hostility.
3. adjective Argumentative; combative.
4. adjective Struggling to achieve an effect; strained and contrived.
5. adjective Pertaining to an agonist.

Similar words

agonistical combative competitory competitive strained affected unnatural agonist aggressive athletick

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Word family

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