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Contentious :: Contentious (a.) Fond of contention; given to angry debate; provoking dispute or contention; quarrelsome.

Debateful :: Debateful (a.) Full of contention; contentious; quarrelsome.

Polemy :: Polemy (n.) Warfare; war; hence, contention; opposition..

Brunt :: Brunt (v. t.) The heat, or utmost violence, of an onset; the strength or greatest fury of any contention; as, the brunt of a battle..

Contest :: Contest (v. t.) To make a subject of dispute, contention, litigation, or emulation; to contend for; to call in question; to controvert; to oppose; to dispute..

Contek :: Contek (n.) Quarrel; contention; contest.

Tiff :: Tiff (n.) A fit of anger or peevishness; a slight altercation or contention. See Tift.

Contentious :: Contentious (a.) Relating to contention or strife; involving or characterized by contention.

Ruffle :: Ruffle (v. i.) To be rough; to jar; to be in contention; hence, to put on airs; to swagger..

Brawl :: Brawl (n.) A noisy quarrel; loud, angry contention; a wrangle; a tumult; as, a drunken brawl..

Quarrelsome :: Quarrelsome (a.) Apt or disposed to quarrel; given to brawls and contention; easily irritated or provoked to contest; irascible; choleric.

Contention :: Contention (n.) A point maintained in an argument, or a line of argument taken in its support; the subject matter of discussion or strife; a position taken or contended for..

Strived :: Strive (n.) Strife; contention.

Discord :: Discord (v. i.) Want of concord or agreement; absence of unity or harmony in sentiment or action; variance leading to contention and strife; disagreement; -- applied to persons or to things, and to thoughts, feelings, or purposes..

Strife :: Strife (n.) Exertion or contention for superiority; contest of emulation, either by intellectual or physical efforts..

Colluctation :: Colluctation (n.) A struggling; a contention.

Firebrand :: Firebrand (n.) One who inflames factions, or causes contention and mischief; an incendiary..

Incendious :: Incendious (a.) Promoting faction or contention; seditious; inflammatory.

Snarl :: Snarl (n.) The act of snarling; a growl; a surly or peevish expression; an angry contention.

Emulation :: Emulation (n.) Jea/ous rivalry; envy; envious contention.

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