contentious

Từ điển WordNet v3.1 - WordNet Dictionary

adjective

1. inclined or showing an inclination to dispute or disagree, even to engage in law suits
- a style described as abrasive and contentious
- a disputatious lawyer
- a litigious and acrimonious spirit
• Syn:
combative, disputatious, disputative, litigious
• Similar to:
argumentative
• Derivationally related forms:
litigiousness (for: litigious), dispute (for: disputative), dispute (for: disputatious), contention, contentiousness
2. involving or likely to cause controversy
- "a central and contentious element of the book"- Tim W.Ferfuson
• Similar to:
controversial
• Derivationally related forms:
contention

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  combative, disputatious, disputative, litigious