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confrontational

/ˌkɒnfɹənˈteɪʃənˈəl/

confrontational adjective: pertaining to a confrontation; characterized by, or given to initiating hostile encounter; in-your-face.

Adjective

confrontational (comparative more confrontational, superlative most confrontational)

  1. Pertaining to a confrontation; characterized by, or given to initiating hostile encounter; in-your-face.
    • It was Liverpool who once again carried the momentum after the break and the recalled Rio Ferdinand was booked for a foul on Suarez, whose confrontational approach and brilliant natural ability was proving hard to handle.2011 October 15, Phil McNulty, “Liverpool 1 - 1 Man Utd”, in BBC Sport

confrontational meaning in Hindi and Urdu

confrontational in Hindi

टकरावात्मक

confrontational in Urdu

مخالف

Synonyms of confrontational

Forms of confrontational

comparativemore confrontational
superlativemost confrontational

Origin of confrontational

From confrontation + -al.

Words formed from confrontational

Questions about confrontational

What does confrontational mean?
Confrontational means pertaining to a confrontation; characterized by, or given to initiating hostile encounter; in-your-face.
What is confrontational in Hindi?
Confrontational in Hindi is टकरावात्मक. See Confrontational meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is confrontational?
Confrontational is an adjective.
How do you pronounce confrontational?
Confrontational is pronounced /ˌkɒnfɹənˈteɪʃənˈəl/.

Words near confrontational in the dictionary

  1. confront one's demons
  2. confrontable
  3. confrontal
  4. confrontals
  5. confrontation
  6. confrontational
  7. confrontationalism
  8. confrontationalist
  9. confrontationalists
  10. confrontationality
  11. confrontationally

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Adapted from Wiktionary: confrontational (page history and authors); confrontational (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); confrontational (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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