contentious
[adjective]
Synonyms: argumentative, bickering, captious, cavilling, disputatious, quarrelsome, querulous, wrangling

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Antonyms: peaceable
Contrasted words: calm, serene, tranquil, amiable, complaisant, good-natured, obliging, agreeable, cooperative, understanding
Related Words: contrary, froward, perverse, captious, carping, caviling, faultfinding, fiery, hasty, hotheaded, impetuous, peppery, bellicose, belligerent, scrappy

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English Thesaurus: controversial, contentious, debatable/arguable, something is a moot poin

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con‧ten‧tious /kənˈtenʃəs/ adjective

1. causing a lot of argument and disagreement between people Synonym : controversial
contentious issue/area/subject etc
Animal welfare did not become a contentious issue until the late 1970s.

2. someone who is contentious often argues with people Synonym : argumentative
—contentiously adverb

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contentious
adj.
VERBS be, prove | become | remain
ADV. highly, very Abortion is a highly contentious issue.
rather, somewhat | politically

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

controversial causing a lot of disagreement and angry argument, especially in the newspapers, on television etc:
Abortion is a controversial subject.
The film was highly controversial at the time.
contentious formal likely to cause a lot of disagreement and argument :
the contentious issue of immigration
These claims are highly contentious.
debatable/arguable used when you think that something is not certain and that people have different opinions about it, especially in the phrase it is debatable/arguable whether:
It is debatable whether this book is as good as her previous novel.
It is arguable whether these measures will reduce the overall cost.
Does the treatment work? I think that’s debatable.
something is a moot point used when you think that something is not certain and that people have different opinions about it - a rather formal phrase:
Whether this proposal will really reduce crime is a moot point.

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