Definition of Contentious

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Contentious

Fond of contention; given to angry debate; provoking dispute or contention; quarrelsome.

Relating to contention or strife; involving or characterized by contention.

Contested; litigated; litigious; having power to decide controversy.

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Contentious Quotations

Long stormy spring-time, wet contentious April, winter chilling the lap of very May; but at length the season of summer does come.
Thomas Carlyle

Great wisdom is generous; petty wisdom is contentious.
Zhuangzi

Great wisdom is generous; petty wisdom is contentious. Great speech is impassioned, small speech cantankerous.
Zhuang Zi

I have long believed these types of collaborative agreements are a far better approach to federal land management than the contentious battles that too often sidetrack proper resource management.
Michael K. Simpson

Becoming a mom made me more contentious about expressing my true taste.
Edie Brickell

Contentious Translations

contentious in Spanish is contencioso

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