Definitions for contentious

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contentious con·ten·tious

Spelling: [kuh n-ten-shuh s]

IPA: /kənˈtɛn ʃəs/

Contentious is a 11 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 575 anagrams from letters in contentious (ceinnoosttu).

Definitions for contentious

adjective

1. tending to argument or strife; quarrelsome:
2. causing, involving, or characterized by argument or controversy:
3. Law. pertaining to causes between contending or opposing parties.

Origin of contentious

1400-50; late Middle English contenciose Latin contentiōsus, equivalent to contenti(ō) contention + -ōsus -ous

Examples for contentious

Suppose we call it the contentious or ambitious—would the term be suitable?

Of the contentious scribes He asked: "What question ye with them?"

It became a model, rarely emulated, of how digital tools can be used to find common ground in a contentious society.

Those that are hesitant about Powell may point to her contentious “resignation” as the first female ambassador to India in March.

Let them beware of the first approach of a contentious spirit.

The priests conclude that there is common ground on even the most contentious topics that pit science versus spirituality.

There is nothing to indicate that he was contentious by nature.

A new study released today in Obstetrics & Gynecology could close this contentious question for good.

Arkansas has long had a contentious relationship with alcohol.

Then, he was trying not to be too contentious, but was irritated into retorting.