All contentious synonyms
con·ten·tious
C c adj contentious
- testy — irritably impatient; touchy.
- antagonistic — If a person is antagonistic to someone or something, they show hatred or dislike towards them.
- combative — A person who is combative is aggressive and eager to fight or argue.
- argumentative — Someone who is argumentative is always ready to disagree or start quarrelling with other people.
- belligerent — A belligerent person is hostile and aggressive.
- disagreeable — contrary to one's taste or liking; unpleasant; offensive; repugnant.
- factious — given to faction; dissentious: A factious group was trying to undermine the government.
- perverse — willfully determined or disposed to go counter to what is expected or desired; contrary.
- querulous — full of complaints; complaining.
adjective contentious
- quarrelsome — inclined to quarrel; argumentative; contentious.
- prickly — full of or armed with prickles.
- touchy — apt to take offense on slight provocation; irritable: He is very touchy when he's sick.
- hot-blooded — excitable; impetuous.
- controversial — If you describe something or someone as controversial, you mean that they are the subject of intense public argument, disagreement, or disapproval.
- provocative — tending or serving to provoke; inciting, stimulating, irritating, or vexing.
- polemical — a controversial argument, as one against some opinion, doctrine, etc.
- critical — If a person is critical or in a critical condition in hospital, they are seriously ill.
- disputatious — fond of or given to disputation; argumentative; contentious: disputatious litigants.
noun contentious
- fire-eater — an entertainer who pretends to eat fire.
- spiky — having a spike or spikes.
- litigiousness — of or relating to litigation.