CONTENTIOUS Synonyms

• inclined or showing an inclination to dispute or disagree, even to engage in law suits

• striving to overcome in argument

• having or showing a ready disposition to fight

• of or relating to litigation

• inclined or showing an inclination to dispute or disagree, even to engage in law suits

• having or showing determination and energetic pursuit of your ends

• tending to spread quickly

• characteristic of an enemy or one eager to fight

• given to or characterized by argument

• someone who fights (or is fighting)

• characteristic of an enemy or one eager to fight

• engaged in war

• in disagreement

• on bad terms

• a relation of direct opposition

• exact opposition

• a logical relation such that two propositions are contraries if both cannot be true but both can be false

• very opposed in nature or character or purpose

• of words or propositions so related that both cannot be true but both may be false

• resistant to guidance or discipline

• in an opposing direction

• marked by or capable of arousing controversy

• open to doubt or debate

• open to argument or debate

• capable of being disproved

• capable of being disproved

• open to argument or debate

• dissenting (especially dissenting with the majority opinion)

• showing courage

• quick to take offense

• of or involving dispute or controversy

• tough and callous by virtue of experience

• ready and able to resort to force or violence

• given to quarreling

• engaged in war

• an instance of intense argument (as in bargaining)

• inclined or showing an inclination to dispute or disagree, even to engage in law suits

• inclined or showing an inclination to dispute or disagree, even to engage in law suits