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1. (adj.) contentious
tending to argument or strife; quarrelsome:
a contentious crew.
2. contentious
causing, involving, or characterized by argument or controversy:
contentious issues.
3. contentious
pertaining to causes between contending parties involved in litigation.
Etymology: (1400–50; late ME < L)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) contentious, combative, disputatious, disputative, litigious
inclined or showing an inclination to dispute or disagree, even to engage in law suits
"a style described as abrasive and contentious"; "a disputatious lawyer"; "a litigious and acrimonious spirit"
2. (adj) contentious
involving or likely to cause controversy
"a central and contentious element of the book"- Tim W.Ferfuson
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) contentious
fond of contention; given to angry debate; provoking dispute or contention; quarrelsome
2. (adj) contentious
relating to contention or strife; involving or characterized by contention
3. (adj) contentious
contested; litigated; litigious; having power to decide controversy
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Sense: quarrelsome.
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 Afrikaans: twissiek, twissoekerig |
 Arabic: مُخاصِم، مُنازِع، مُجادِل |
 Bulgarian: заядлив |
 Brazilian: conflituoso |
 Czech: hádavý |
 German: streitsüchtig |
 Danish: stridslysten |
 Greek: εριστικός |
 Spanish: contencioso, polémico |
 Estonian: riiuhimuline |
 Farsi: دعوایی؛ ستیزه جو |
 Finnish: riitaisa |
 French: querelleur |
 Hebrew: מְעוֹרֵר מַחֲלוֹקֶת |
 Hindi: विवादस्पद |
 Croatian: svadljiv |
 Hungarian: veszekedő |
 Indonesian: suka bertengkar |
 Icelandic: þrætugjarn |
 Italian: controverso |
 Japanese: 議論好きな |
 Korean: 논쟁을 좋아하는 |
 Lithuanian: mėgstantis ginčytis, vaid |
 Latvian: strīdīgs; ķildīgs |
 Malay: perbalahan |
 Dutch: twistziek, aanvechtbaar |
 Norwegian: kranglevoren, stridbar, t |
 Polish: kłótliwy |
 Persian: دعوایی؛ ستیزه جو |
 Pashto: غالمغالی |
 Portuguese: conflituoso |
 Romanian: arţăgos |
 Russian: спорный |
 Slovak: hádavý |
 Slovenian: prepirljiv |
 Serbian: svadljiv |
 Swedish: stridslysten, grälsjuk |
 Thai: ซึ่งเป็นที่ถกเถียง |
 Turkish: kavgacı |
 Taiwanese: 好爭論的 |
 Ukrainian: задирливий, причепливий |
 Urdu: متنازع فيه، جهگڑالو |
 Vietnamese: hay cãi nhau |
 Chinese: 好争论的 |
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