Contentious Definition

kən-tĕnshəs
adjective
Always ready to argue; quarrelsome.
Webster's New World
Involving or causing contention; controversial.
American Heritage
Of or marked by contention.
Webster's New World
Provoking or likely to provoke controversy.
A contentious proposal.
Webster's New World
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Origin of Contentious

  • From Middle French contentieux, from Latin contentiōsus (“quarrelsome, perverse”), from contentiō (“contention”), from contendere, past participle contentus (“to contend”); see contend.

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Contentious Sentence Examples

  • It has been a contentious issue for decades.

  • There was contentious debate over the use of genetically modified crops.

  • A division of share rights agreements becomes contentious where the target company's country has a domestic CGT regime.

  • Why are contentious topics so often thrown together?

  • Points in the draft that we view as helpful may appear contentious to some of them.

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SUSOUS

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Words Starting With C and Ending With S

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