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Definition of contentious in English Turkish dictionary
- {s} çekişmeli
Sen çekişmeli davranıyorsun.
-You're being contentious.
Din hakkındaki tartışmalar sık sık çok çekişmeli.
-Discussions about religion are very often contentious.
- {s} mücâdeleci
- bulaşkan
- münazaacı
- kavgalı
- tartışmacı
- tartışma konusu olan
- kavgacı
- tartışmalı
Konu çok tartışmalı bir hâl aldı.
-The issue turned out to be very contentious.
Din pek çok insan için tartışmalı bir konudur.
-Religion is a contentious topic for many people.
- daima çekişen
- tartışmalı/tartışmacı
- non-contentious
- tartışmasız
- contentiously
- tartışmalı bir şekilde
- contentiousness
- {i} kavgacılık
- contentiousness
- (isim) kavgacılık
- contentiousness
- bulaşkanlık
- non contentious
- tartışmasız
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Definition of contentious in English English dictionary
- Given to struggling with others out of jealousy or discord
- Marked by heated arguments or controversy
- Fond of contention; given to angry debate; provoking dispute or contention; quarrelsome
- {a} quarrelsome, perverse, cross
- Ferfuson 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
- A contentious issue causes a lot of disagreement or arguments. Sanctions are expected to be among the most contentious issues. a country where land prices are politically contentious. = controversial
- having or showing a ready disposition to fight; "bellicose young officers"; "a combative impulse"; "a contentious nature"
- {s} belligerent, argumentative, controversial; causing an argument; likely to cause an dispute
- 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"
- Relating to contention or strife; involving or characterized by contention
- Contested; litigated; litigious; having power to decide controversy
- involving or likely to cause controversy; "a central and contentious element of the book"- Tim W
- involving or likely to cause controversy; "a central and contentious element of the book"- Tim W Ferfuson
- dissentious
- contentiously
- {a} in a quarrelsome, perverse, cross
- contentiousness
- {n} a disposition to quarrelling
- contentiously
- In a contentious manner
- contentiously
- belligerently, argumentatively, competitively
- contentiousness
- a disposition to fight
- contentiousness
- {i} characterized by belligerence and competition, argumentativeness
- contentiousness
- The state of being contentious
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contentious
Hyphenation
con·ten·tiousTurkish pronunciation
kıntenşısSynonyms
antagonistic, argumentative, belligerent, combative, disagreeable, factious, perverse, petulant, querulous, testyPronunciation
/kənˈtensʜəs/ /kənˈtɛnʃəs/
Etymology
() From Latin contentiōsus (“quarrelsome, perverse”) contentiō (“contention”) contendere, past participle contentus (“to contend”); see contend. Confer French contentieux, corresponding to content + -iousResimler
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