adjective. Of or relating to an agonist.

adjective. Striving to overcome in argument; combative.

adjective. Of or relating to contests, originally those of the ancient Greeks.

adjective. Of or relating to behavior associated with conflict between one animal and another.

Pertaining to contests of strength or athletic combats, or to contests of any kind, as a forensic or argumentative contest.

Combative; polemic; given to contending.

Strained; aiming at effect; melodramatic.

noun. The act of combating or struggling; combat; struggle.

adjective. Pertaining to violent contests, bodily or mental; pertaining to athletic or polemic feats; athletic; combative; hence, strained; unnatural.

adjective. Of or relating to contests that were originally participated in by the Ancient Greeks; athletic.

adjective. Characterised by conflict or hostility.

adjective. Argumentative, combative.

adjective. Pertaining to an agonist.

adjective. striving to overcome in argument

adjective. struggling for effect

adjective. of or relating to the athletic contests held in ancient Greece

"In an antagonistic what in biology is called agonistic encounter with another animal, a dog wants to appear to be the bigger, more powerful creature—so he makes a big-dog sound."

affected  agonistical  competitive  competitory  unnatural  

agonistic buffer  agonistic monoclonal antibody  agonistic muscle  agonistic pluralism  agonistic threat display  

TNT  bossy  calisthenic  calisthenics  cheap-looking  

athletic  combative  unnatural