contentious
1. 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 • Syn: combative, disputatious, disputative, litigious • Similar to: argumentative • Derivationally related forms: litigiousness (for: litigious), dispute (for: disputative), dispute (for: disputatious), contention, contentiousness 2. involving or likely to cause controversy - "a central and contentious element of the book"- Tim W.Ferfuson • Similar to: controversial • Derivationally related forms: contention
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