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contentious 音标拼音: [kənt'ɛnʃəs] a. 好争吵的,爱争论的,有异议的 好争吵的,爱争论的,有异议的 contentious adj 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" [ synonym: { contentious}, { combative}, { disputatious}, { disputative}, { litigious}] 2: involving or likely to cause controversy; " a central and contentious element of the book"- Tim W. FerfusonContentious \ Con* ten" tious\, a. [ L. contentiosus: cf. F. contentieux.] 1. Fond of contention; given to angry debate; provoking dispute or contention; quarrelsome. [ 1913 Webster] Despotic and contentious temper. -- Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Relating to contention or strife; involving or characterized by contention. -- Spenser. [ 1913 Webster] More cheerful, though not less contentious, regions. -- Brougham. [ 1913 Webster] 3. ( Law) Contested; litigated; litigious; having power to decide controversy. [ 1913 Webster] { Contentious jurisdiction} ( Eng. Eccl. Law), jurisdiction over matters in controversy between parties, in contradistinction to { voluntary jurisdiction}, or that exercised upon matters not opposed or controverted. Syn: Quarrelsome; pugnacious; dissentious; wrangling; litigious; perverse; peevish. -- { Con* ten" tious* ly}, adv. -- { Con* ten" tious* ness}, n. [ 1913 Webster] 67 Moby Thesaurus words for " contentious": aggravating, aggravative, aggressive, annoying, antagonistic, argumental, argumentative, battling, bellicose, belligerent, bloodthirsty, bloody, bloody- minded, cat- and- dog, cat- and- doggish, chauvinist, chauvinistic, combative, controversial, dialectic, disputatious, enemy, eristic, exasperating, exasperative, ferocious, fierce, fighting, full of fight, hawkish, hostile, ill- humored, inimical, irritating, jingo, jingoish, jingoist, jingoistic, litigious, logomachic, martial, militant, militaristic, military, offensive, pilpulistic, polemic, pro and con, provocative, pugnacious, quarrelsome, saber- rattling, sanguinary, sanguineous, savage, scrappy, soldierlike, soldierly, trigger- happy, truculent, unfriendly, unpacific, unpeaceable, unpeaceful, warlike, warmongering, warring |
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