Thesaurus: contentious

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1. a. Fond of contention; given to angry debate; provoking dispute or contention; quarrelsome.
2. a. Relating to contention or strife; involving or characterized by contention.
3. a. Contested; litigated; litigious; having power to decide controversy.
4. adj. inclined or showing an inclination to dispute or disagree, even to engage in law suits
5. adj. involving or likely to cause controversy
6. 1. Fond of contention; given to angry debate; provoking dispute or contention; quarrelsome. Despotic and contentious temper. Macaulay. 2. Relating to contention or strife; involving or characterized by contention. Spenser. More cheerfull; though not less contentious, regions. Brougham. 3. (Law) Contested; litigated; litigious; having power to decide controversy. Contentious jurisdiction (Eng. Eccl. Law), jurisdiction over matters in controversy between parties, in contradistinction to voluntary jurisdiction, or that exercised upon matters not opposed or controverted. Syn. -- Quarrelsome; pugnacious; dissentious; wrangling; litigious; perverse; peevish. - Con*ten"tious*ly, adv. -- Con*ten"tious*ness, n.
7. Contested; litigated; litigious; having power to decidecontroversy. Contentious jurisdiction (Eng. Eccl. Law), jurisdictionover matters in controversy between parties, in contradistinction tovoluntary jurisdiction, or that exercised upon matters not opposed orcontroverted.
8. j:100 s. inclined or showing an inclination to dispute or disagree, even to engage in law suits s. involving or likely to cause controversy