Contentious - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|kənˈtenʃəs|
Brit.
|kənˈtenʃəs|
adjective
- inclined or showing an inclination to dispute or disagree, even to engage in law suits (syn: combative, disputatious, litigious)
a style described as abrasive and contentious
- involving or likely to cause controversya central and contentious element of the book
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After a contentious debate, members of the committee finally voted to approve the funding.
The dispute involves one of the region's most contentious leaders.
Animal welfare did not become a contentious issue until the late 1970s.
Historians, admittedly a contentious lot, have failed even to agree on what to call King Philip's War.
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