contentious
adjective
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 adjective
inclined or showing an inclination to dispute or disagree, even to engage in law suits
a style described as abrasive and contentious
Related & opposite
- contravention derivation
- quarrelsomeness derivation
- litigiousness derivation
- dispute derivation
- controversy derivation
- quarrel derivation
- argumentative similar to
Sense 2 adjective
involving or likely to cause controversy
a central and contentious element of the book
Related & opposite
- controversy derivation
- controversial similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | contravention |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | quarrelsomeness |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | litigiousness |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | dispute |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | controversy |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | quarrel |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | argumentative |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | controversy |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | controversial |