Definition of contentious

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

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Cantankerous :: Cantankerous (a.) Perverse; contentious; ugly; malicious.
Disputable :: Disputable (v. i.) Disputatious; contentious.
Contentious :: Contentious (a.) Relating to contention or strife; involving or characterized by contention.
Debateful :: Debateful (a.) Full of contention; contentious; quarrelsome.
Dissension :: Dissension (n.) Disagreement in opinion, usually of a violent character, producing warm debates or angry words; contention in words; partisan and contentious divisions; breach of friendship and union; strife; discord; quarrel..
Strigate :: Strifeful (a.) Contentious; discordant.
Wranglesome :: Wranglesome (a.) Contentious; quarrelsome.
Emulous :: Emulous (a.) Vying with; rivaling; hence, contentious, envious..
Concertative :: Concertative (a.) Contentious; quarrelsome.
Brigose :: Brigose (n.) Contentious; quarrelsome.
Contentious :: Contentious (a.) Fond of contention; given to angry debate; provoking dispute or contention; quarrelsome.
Dissentious :: Dissentious (a.) Marked by dissensions; apt to breed discord; quarrelsome; contentious; factious.
Square-rigged :: Squarer (n.) One who squares, or quarrels; a hot-headed, contentious fellow..
Discordful :: Discordful (a.) Full of discord; contentious.
Contentious :: Contentious (a.) Contested; litigated; litigious; having power to decide controversy.
Dissensious :: Dissensious (a.) Disposed to discord; contentious; dissentious.
Squabby :: Squabbler (n.) One who squabbles; a contentious person; a brawler.
Brangle :: Brangle (v. i.) To wrangle; to dispute contentiously; to squabble.
Litigious :: Litigious (a.) Inclined to judicial contest; given to the practice of contending in law; guarrelsome; contentious; fond of litigation.
Bateful :: Bateful (a.) Exciting contention; contentious.
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