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contentious
[ kuhn-ten-shuhs ]
adjective
- tending to argument or strife; quarrelsome:
a contentious crew.
Synonyms: ,
- causing, involving, or characterized by argument or controversy:
contentious issues.
- Law. pertaining to causes between contending or opposing parties.
contentious
/ əˈɛʃə /
adjective
- tending to argue or quarrel
- causing or characterized by dispute; controversial
- law relating to a cause or legal business that is contested, esp a probate matter
Derived Forms
- DzˈٱԳپdzܲ, adverb
- DzˈٱԳپdzܲԱ, noun
Other yvlog Forms
- Dz·ٱtdzܲ· adverb
- Dz·ٱtdzܲ·Ա noun
- ԴDzcDz·ٱtdzܲ adjective
- nonDz·ٱtdzܲ· adverb
- v·Dz·ٱtdzܲ adjective
- over·Dz·ٱtdzܲ· adverb
- over·Dz·ٱtdzܲ·Ա noun
- ܲcDz·ٱtdzܲ adjective
- unDz·ٱtdzܲ· adverb
- unDz·ٱtdzܲ·Ա noun
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of contentious1
Example Sentences
A Republican-majority, three-judge panel of the North Carolina Court of Appeals on Friday ordered the state Board of Elections to recalculate the vote totals in the state's contentious Supreme Court race.
Throughout the contentious tariff debate, the Mexican peso has remained relatively stable at about 20 pesos to $1, a fact that many view as a positive barometer of the government’s strategy.
People living in RVs remain a contentious issue in Park’s district.
I was 9 years old again, unaccompanied on an airplane somewhere above the continental U.S., being hurled between two contentiously divorced parents.
In a series of contentious interviews on Wednesday, Trump allies and associates haughtily blew off questions from concerned reporters.
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