Synonyms for contentious
kənˈtɛn ʃəscon·tentious

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1. contentious

   Synonyms:
   adverse, alienated, antagonistic, bellicose, belligerent, cold, disaffected, distant, estranged, frigid, hostile, ill-disposed, indifferent, inimical, unfriendly, unkind, warlike

   Antonyms:
   accessible, affable, affectionate, amicable, brotherly, companionable, complaisant, cordial, favorable, fond, friendly, genial, hearty, kind, kindly, loving, neighborly, sociable, social, tender, well-disposed

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1. contentious

   Synonyms:
   litigious, perverse, wayward, splenetic, cantankerous, exceptions

   Antonyms:
   pacific, obliging, considerate, obsequious, accommodating, easy

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1. contentious, combative, disputatious, disputative, litigiousadjective

   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"

   Synonyms:
   bellicose, agonistic, battleful, agonistical, litigious, disputative, combative, disputatious

   Antonyms:
   unargumentative, uncontroversial, noncontroversial

2. contentiousadjective

   involving or likely to cause controversy

   "a central and contentious element of the book"- Tim W.Ferfuson

   Synonyms:
   litigious, disputatious, combative, disputative

   Antonyms:
   unargumentative, uncontroversial, noncontroversial

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1. propensity to fight

   tending to frequently contend

   you are a contentious person. the vandals were a contentious people.

   Submitted by rinat on August 11, 2019  

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1. contentiousadjective

   Synonyms:
   quarrelsome, cross, petulant, perverse

2. contentiousadjective

   Synonyms:
   disputatious, captious, cavilling

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1. contentiousadjective

   Synonyms:
   disputatious, litigious, quarrelsome, dissentious, polemical

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1. List of paraphrases for "contentious":

   controversial, disputed, contested, litigious, debatable, questionable, polemical, thorny, confrontational, conflicting

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1. Matthew Bennett:

   The peopling of North America is one of those things that has been for many years very contentious and a lot of archeologists hold views with almost religious zeal, one of the problems is that there is very few data points.

2. Thomas Carlyle:

   Long stormy spring-time, wet contentious April, winter chilling the lap of very May but at length the season of summer does come.

3. Chris Pratt:

   My character is a father and a husband and he has a contentious relationship with his father. I think it's impossible for me to do these types of roles without diving into some of the turmoil of my own relationships in life, and I think this is a film about redemption and second chances and coming to grips with the fact that maybe you're a lot more like your father than you've ever realized. And finding grace and forgiveness for your father and yourself at the same time in those moments.

4. Brett Kavanaugh:

   The Senate confirmation process was contentious and emotional, the Senate confirmation process is over. My focus now is to be the best justice I can be.

5. Hillary Clinton:

   It would be a mistake to really thrust our country into another contentious national debate about how we're going to provide quality, affordable healthcare to everybody.