Word Meanings - ADVERSATIVE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Expressing contrariety, opposition, or antithesis; as, an adversative conjunction ; an adversative force. -- Ad*ver"sa*tive*ly, adv.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of ADVERSATIVE)

• Factious
• Oppositions
• exceptions
• litigious
• crusty
• malcontent
• adversative

Related words: (words related to ADVERSATIVE)

• FACTIOUS
  1. Given to faction; addicted to form parties and raise dissensions, in opposition to government or the common good; turbulent; seditious; prone to clamor against public measures or men; -- said of persons. Factious for the house of Lancaster.
• LITIGIOUSLY
  In a litigious manner.
• ADVERSATIVE
  Expressing contrariety, opposition, or antithesis; as, an adversative conjunction ; an adversative force. -- Ad*ver"sa*tive*ly, adv.
• MALCONTENTED
  Malcontent. -- Mal`con*tent"ed*ly, adv. -- Mal`con*tent"ed*ness, n.
• CRUSTY
  Having a hard exterior, or a short, rough manner, though kind at heart; snappish; peevish; surly. Thou crusty batch of nature, what's the news Shak. (more info) 1. Having the nature of crust; pertaining to a hard covering; as, a crusty coat; a
• MALCONTENT
  discontented; uneasy; dissatisfied; especially, dissatisfied with the government. The famous malcontent earl of Leicester. Milner.
• LITIGIOUS
  1. Inclined to judicial contest; given to the practice of contending in law; guarrelsome; contentious; fond of litigation. " A pettifogging attorney or a litigious client." Macaulay. Soldiers find wars, and lawyers find out still Litigious men,
• LITIGIOUSNESS
  The state of being litigious; disposition to engage in or carry on lawsuits.