Thesaurus: disputatious

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1. a. Inclined to dispute; apt to civil or controvert; characterized by dispute; as, a disputatious person or temper.
2. adj. inclined or showing an inclination to dispute or disagree, even to engage in law suits
3. Inclined to dispute; apt to civil or controvert; characterized by dispute; as, a disputatious person or temper. The Christian doctrine of a future life was no recommendation of the new religion to the wits and philosophers of that disputations period. Buckminster. -- Dis`pu*ta"tious*ly, adv. -- Dis`pu*ta"tious*ness, n.
4. Inclined to dispute; apt to civil or controvert; characterizedby dispute; as, a disputatious person or temper.The Christian doctrine of a future life was no recommendation of thenew religion to the wits and philosophers of that disputationsperiod. Buckminster.-- Dis`pu*ta"tious*ly, adv.-- Dis`pu*ta"tious*ness, n.
5. j:100 s inclined or showing an inclination to dispute or disagree, even to engage in law suits