Found 3 items, similar to Contentious.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: contentious suka bertengkar
English → English (WordNet) Definition: contentious contentious adj 1: 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” [syn: disputatious, disputative, litigious] 2: involving or likely to cause controversy; “a central and contentious element of the book”- Tim W.Ferfuson 3: having or showing a ready disposition to fight; “bellicose young officers”; “a combative impulse”; “a contentious nature” [syn: battleful, bellicose, combative]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Contentious Contentious \Con*ten"tious\, a. [L. contentiosus: cf. F. contentieux.] 1. Fond of contention; given to angry debate; provoking dispute or contention; quarrelsome. [1913 Webster] Despotic and contentious temper. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster] 2. Relating to contention or strife; involving or characterized by contention. --Spenser. [1913 Webster] More cheerful, though not less contentious, regions. --Brougham. [1913 Webster] 3. (Law) Contested; litigated; litigious; having power to decide controversy. [1913 Webster] Contentious jurisdiction (Eng. Eccl. Law), jurisdiction over matters in controversy between parties, in contradistinction to voluntary jurisdiction, or that exercised upon matters not opposed or controverted. Syn: Quarrelsome; pugnacious; dissentious; wrangling; litigious; perverse; peevish. -- Con*ten"tious*ly, adv. -- Con*ten"tious*ness, n. [1913 Webster]