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contentious

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Main Entry: con·ten·tious
Pronunciation: \kən-ˈten(t)-shəs\
Function: adjective
Date: 15th century

1 : likely to cause contention <a contentious argument>
2 : exhibiting an often perverse and wearisome tendency to quarrels and disputes <a man of a most contentious nature>

synonyms see belligerent

con·ten·tious·ly adverb

con·ten·tious·ness noun


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