Contentious /(?)/
Con·ten·tious
Contentious
a.
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Fond of contention; given to angry debate; provoking dispute or contention; quarrelsome.
Despotic and contentious temper.
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Relating to contention or strife; involving or characterized by contention.
More cheerful, though not less contentious, regions.
- Contested; litigated; litigious; having power to decide controversy. (Law)
Phrases & Compounds
- Contentious jurisdiction
- jurisdiction over matters in controversy between parties, in contradistinction to voluntary jurisdiction, or that exercised upon matters not opposed or controverted.