contentious
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Definition of contentious
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
adj
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Marked by heated arguments or controversy.
“Ukraine, however, will complain long and hard about a contentious second-half incident when Marko Devic's shot clearly crossed the line before it was scrambled away by John Terry, only for the officials to remain unmoved.”
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adj
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Marked by heated arguments or controversy.
“Ukraine, however, will complain long and hard about a contentious second-half incident when Marko Devic's shot clearly crossed the line before it was scrambled away by John Terry, only for the officials to remain unmoved.”
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Given to struggling with others out of jealousy or discord.
“She was not a contentious person as the Other had been; she did not argue and contradict everything I said.”
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Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Proto-Indo-European *ten- Proto-Indo-European *tend-der. Proto-Italic *tendō Latin tendō Latin contendō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō…
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Proto-Indo-European *ten- Proto-Indo-European *tend-der. Proto-Italic *tendō Latin tendō Latin contendō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin contentiō Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed-der. Latin -ōsus Latin contentiōsus Middle French contentieux English contentious From Middle French contentieux, from Latin contentiōsus (“quarrelsome, perverse”), from contentiō (“contention”), from contendere, past participle contentus (“to contend”). Equivalent to English contention + -ous.
Words you can make from contentious
200+ playable · top: CONTINUES (11 pts)
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3 words8-letter words
12 words7-letter words
40 words- CONINES 9 pts
- CONNOTE 9 pts
- CONSENT 9 pts
- CONTENT 9 pts
- CONTEST 9 pts
- CONTUSE 9 pts
- COONTIE 9 pts
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- SUCTION 9 pts
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6-letter words
74 words- CENTOS 8 pts
- CESTOI 8 pts
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- CONIES 8 pts
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5-letter words
70 words- CENTO 7 pts
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