All disputatious synonyms
dis·pu·ta·tious
D d adjective disputatious
- difficult — not easily or readily done; requiring much labor, skill, or planning to be performed successfully; hard: a difficult job.
- contrary — Ideas, attitudes, or reactions that are contrary to each other are completely different from each other.
- perverse — willfully determined or disposed to go counter to what is expected or desired; contrary.
- fractious — refractory or unruly: a fractious animal that would not submit to the harness.
- troublesome — causing trouble, annoyance, or difficulty; vexatious: a troublesome situation; a troublesome person.
- hostile — of, relating to, or characteristic of an enemy: a hostile nation.
- caviling — Present participle of cavil.
- argumentative — Someone who is argumentative is always ready to disagree or start quarrelling with other people.
- awkward — An awkward situation is embarrassing and difficult to deal with.
adj disputatious
- cantankerous — Someone who is cantankerous is always finding things to argue or complain about.
- captious — apt to make trivial criticisms; fault-finding; carping
- contentious — A contentious issue causes a lot of disagreement or arguments.
- controversial — If you describe something or someone as controversial, you mean that they are the subject of intense public argument, disagreement, or disapproval.
- litigious — of or relating to litigation.
- pugnacious — inclined to quarrel or fight readily; quarrelsome; belligerent; combative.
- quarrelsome — inclined to quarrel; argumentative; contentious.
- polemical — a controversial argument, as one against some opinion, doctrine, etc.
- dissentious — contentious; quarrelsome.
noun disputatious
- fire-eater — an entertainer who pretends to eat fire.
- spiky — having a spike or spikes.
- litigiousness — of or relating to litigation.