contentious

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contentious
- IPA[kənˈtɛn(t)ʃəs]
英式
- adj.
  
  causing or likely to cause an argument; controversial；involving heated argument
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1. causing or likely to cause an argument; controversial a contentious issue 同義詞 controversial, disputable, debatable, disputed, contended, ... 更多open to question/debate, moot, vexed, ambivalent, equivocal, unsure, uncertain, unresolved, undecided, unsettled, borderline, rarecontrovertible反義詞 uncontroversial
▪ involving heated argument the socio-economic plan had been the subject of contentious debate 同義詞 heated, vehement, fierce, violent, intense, ... 更多impassioned, committed反義詞 calm
▪ (of a person) given to provoking argument. 同義詞 argumentative, quarrelsome, disputatious, disputative, confrontational, ... 更多captious, factious, cavilling, pugnacious, combative, ready for a fight, defiant, hostile, antagonistic, bellicose, belligerent, militant, warring, fighting, battling, threatening, litigious, irascible, cantankerous, irritable, petulant, truculent, fiery, quick-tempered, hot-tempered, ill-tempered, bad-tempered, choleric, bickering, wrangling, informalstroppy, scrappy反義詞 peaceable
▪ relating to or involving differences between contending parties.
non-contentious
adj.
not causing or likely to cause an argument.
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contentious
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causing or likely to cause an argument; controversial: a contentious issue
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