Related Words for controversial

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contentious
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Adjective, Adjective
moot
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Adjective, Adjective, Noun
disputable
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Noun, Adjective
arguable
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Adjective, Adjective
polemical
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Adjective, Adjective
debatable
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Adjective, Adjective
polemic
x/x
Adjective, Adjective
uncontroversial
xxx/x
Adjective, Adjective
provocative
x/xx
Adjective
unpopular
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Adjective
groundbreaking
/xx
Verb
unorthodox
x/xx
Adjective
divisive
x/x
Adjective
questionable
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Adjective
dubious
/xx
Adjective
bizarre
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Adjective
problematic
xx/x
Adjective
scandalous
/xx
Adjective
intriguing
x/x
Adjective
unconventional
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Adjective
controversy
/xxx
Noun
outrageous
x/x
Adjective
influential
xx/x
Adjective
risky
/x
Adjective
ambiguous
x/xx
Adjective
outspoken
//x
Adjective
distasteful
x/x
Adjective
dangerous
/xx
Adjective
challenging
/xx
Adjective
troubling
/xx
Adjective
popular
/xx
Adjective
perplexing
x/x
Adjective
enigmatic
xx/x
Adjective
unusual
x/xx
Adjective
radical
/xx
Adjective
problematical
xx/xx
Adjective
dramatic
x/x
Adjective
infamous
/xx
Adjective
obscure
x/
Adjective
shocking
/x
Adjective
complicated
/xxx
Adjective, Verb
iconoclastic
xxx/x
Adjective
wacky
/x
Adjective
incendiary
x/xxx
Noun
lucrative
/xx
Adjective
innocuous
x/xx
Adjective
fascinating
/xxx
Adjective
polarizing
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Noun
troublesome
/xx
Adjective
audacious
x/x
Adjective
baffling
/xx
Adjective
interesting
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Adjective
noteworthy
/xx
Adjective
ambivalent
x/xx
Adjective
ridiculous
x/xx
Adjective
surprising
x/x
Adjective
disturbing
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Adjective
idiotic
xx/x
Adjective
notorious
x/xx
Adjective
ludicrous
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Adjective
confrontational
xx/xx
Adjective
unsurprising
xx/x
Adjective
puzzling
/xx
Adjective
exciting
x/x
Adjective
innovative
/xxx
Adjective
farcical
/xx
Adjective
draconian
x/xx
Adjective
paradoxical
xx/xx
Adjective
touchy
/x
Adjective
critical
/xx
Adjective
famous
/x
Adjective
abhorrent
x/x
Adjective
unflattering
x/xx
Adjective
flamboyant
x/x
Adjective
subversive
x/x
Adjective
outlandish
x/x
Adjective
criticized
/xx
Verb
objectionable
x/xxx
Adjective
conflictual
x/xx
Adjective
contradicted
xx/x
Verb
contradictory
xx/xx
Adjective
odious
/xx
Adjective
offensive
x/x
Noun
disruptive
x/x
Adjective
antagonistic
xxx/x
Adjective
dissenting
x/x
Noun
contrary
/xx
Noun
adverse
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Adjective
upsetting
x/x
Verb
fractious
/x
Adjective
repugnant
x/x
Adjective
confronting
x/x
Verb
disconcerting
xx/x
Adjective
unsettling
x/xx
Adjective
clashing
/x
Noun
heretical
x/xx
Adjective
nasty
/x
Adjective
problem
/x
Noun
divergent
x/x
Adjective
provoking
x/x
Adjective
detestable
x/xx
Adjective
flagrant
/x
Adjective
opposing
x/x
Verb
doubtful
/x
Adjective
uninteresting
x/xx
Adjective
worrisome
/xx
Adjective
distressing
x/x
Adjective
disgusting
x/x
Adjective
untoward
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Adjective
perverse
x/
Adjective
fighting
/x
Noun
erratic
x/x
Adjective
bothersome
/xx
Adjective
turbulent
/xx
Adjective
atrocious
x/x
Adjective
horrific
x/x
Adjective
hostile
/x
Adjective
egregious
x/x
Adjective
politically incorrect
x/xxxxx/
Phrase, Adjective
volatile
/xx
Adjective
aggressive
x/x
Adjective
frustrating
/xx
Adjective
repulsive
x/x
Adjective
obscene
x/
Adjective
disagreeable
xx/xx
Adjective
awkward
/x
Adjective
disquieting
x/xx
Adjective
disgraceful
x/x
Adjective
antagonized
x/xx
Verb
rebellious
x/x
Adjective
publicized
/xx
Verb
widely
/x
Adverb
topic
/x
Noun
politicized
x/xx
Verb
issue
/x
Noun
pamphlets
/x
Noun
subject
x/
Noun
contested
x/x
Verb
documentary
xx/xx
Noun
politically
x/xxx
Adverb
always
/x
Adverb
ruling
/x
Noun
divinity
x/xx
Noun
debated
x/x
Verb
remains
x/
Verb
thesis
/x
Noun
bill
/
Noun
proposal
x/x
Noun
figure
/x
Noun
stands
/
Noun
dam
/
Noun
abstruse
x/
Adjective
adversarial
xx/xx
Adjective
argument
/xx
Noun, Verb
argumentative
xx/xx
Adjective
considered
x/x
Adjective
controverted
xxxx
Verb, Adjective
dialectical
xx/xx
Adjective
difficult
/xx
Adjective, Verb
disagreement
xx/x
Noun
doctrinal
/xx
Adjective, Noun
editorial
xx/xx
Noun, Adjective
heated
/x
Adjective
important
x/x
Adjective
impugned
x/
Verb
inconsistent
xx/x
Adjective
jurisprudential
xxx/x
Adjective
juristic
/xx
Adjective
litigious
x/x
Adjective
mixed
/
Adjective
researched
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Adjective
sensitive
/xx
Adjective, Noun
sticking
/x
Noun
substantive
/xx
Adjective, Noun, Verb
tendentious
x/x
Adjective
thorny
/x
Adjective
tricky
/x
Adjective
undisputed
xx/x
Adjective
bulletproof
/xx
Adjective, Verb
stonewall
/x
Name, Verb, Adjective
no
/
Noun, Adverb, Adjective
anymore
xx/
Adverb
sorta
/x
Adverb
milestone
/x
Noun, Verb
literally
/xxx
Adverb
die
/
Verb, Noun
tell
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Verb, Noun