confrontationally
In challenging manner
In a manner that is aggressive, challenging, or seeking conflict.
Someone who speaks confrontationally addresses others with hostility or provocation rather than diplomacy: She asked confrontationally why he hadn't called.
The word often describes tone of voice, body language, or rhetorical style that invites opposition rather than cooperation.
In a combative way
- combativelyIn a confrontational manner
- pugnaciouslyIn a quarrelsome manner
- forcefullyWith strong intensity
- fiercelyWith intense aggression
threateningly · menacingly · intimidatingly · hostilely · antagonistically · contentiously · truculently · militantly
In a quarrelsome manner
- questioninglyIn a seeking-answers manner
- criticallyWith serious judgment
- skepticallyWith doubt or distrust
- probinglyIn a searching manner
interrogatively · contradictorily · defiantly · dissenting · cross-examination · rebuttal · counterargument · objection
In a disobedient manner
- defiantlyIn open resistance
- obstinatelyIn an unyielding manner
- stubbornlyWith inflexible determination
- unyieldinglyIn an unbending manner
recalcitrantly · contrarily · uncooperatively · resistantly · intractably · willfully · mulishly · headstrong
belligerently
In a combative way
- combativelyIn a confrontational manner
- pugnaciouslyIn a quarrelsome manner
- forcefullyWith strong intensity
fiercely · threateningly · menacingly · intimidatingly · hostilely · antagonistically · contentiously · truculently · militantly · assertively
argumentatively
In a quarrelsome manner
- questioninglyIn a seeking-answers manner
- criticallyWith serious judgment
- skepticallyWith doubt or distrust
probingly · interrogatively · contradictorily · defiantly · dissenting · cross-examination · rebuttal · counterargument · objection · scrutinizing
rebelliously
In a disobedient manner
- defiantlyIn open resistance
- obstinatelyIn an unyielding manner
- stubbornlyWith inflexible determination
unyieldingly · recalcitrantly · contrarily · uncooperatively · resistantly · intractably · willfully · mulishly · headstrong · noncompliance
confrontationallypeacefully
In tranquil fashion
diplomatically · conciliatorily · amicably · amiably · harmoniously
confrontationallysubmissively
In yielding deference
passively · meekly · deferentially · docilely · compliantly