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contentious:
- Wiktionary:
  contentious → querelleur, chamailleur, bagarreur, batailleur, combatif, belliqueux, agressif, provocateur, controversé, acariâtre
- Synonyms for "contentious":
  combative; disputatious; disputative; litigious; argumentative
  controversial

English

Detailed Translations for contentious from English to French

contentious:

Translation Matrix for contentious:

Adjective	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	combative; disputatious; disputative; litigious
Other	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	disputable; in litigation; litigious

Related Words for "contentious":

contentiousness, contentiously

Synonyms for "contentious":

combative; disputatious; disputative; litigious; argumentative
controversial

Related Definitions for "contentious":

involving or likely to cause controversy¹
- a central and contentious element of the book¹
inclined or showing an inclination to dispute or disagree, even to engage in law suits¹
- a style described as abrasive and contentious¹

Wiktionary Translations for contentious:

contentious

adjective

given to struggling
- contentious → querelleur; chamailleur; bagarreur; batailleur; combatif; belliqueux; agressif; provocateur
marked by controversy
- contentious → controversé

contentious

adjective

D’un tempérament grincheux, aigri et fâcheux.
- acariâtre → cantankerous; bloody-minded; iracible; confrontational; contentious; waspish; argumentative
Qui aimer à batailler.
- batailleur → truculent; confrontational; hawkish; belligerent; contentious

¹WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University