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38 entries under contentious topic. ×
| contentious(adjective, doubtful, dubious, contrary, belligerent) | |
| polemical(adjective, reasoning, contrary, argumentative) | |
| argumentative(adjective, quarrel, reasoning, contrary, belligerent) | |
| contestable(adjective, uncertain, doubtful, dubious) | |
| disputatious(adjective, discord, reasoning, contrary, belligerent) | |
| polemic(noun, adjective, discord, contrary, argumentative) | |
| litigious(adjective, discord, contrary, belligerent) | |
| controvertible(adjective, uncertain, doubtful, dubious) | |
| quarrelsome(adjective, discord, contrary, belligerent, argumentative) | |
| doubtable(adjective, provocative, debated) | |
| eristic(adjective, reasoning, contrary, belligerent, argumentative) | |
| factious(discord, contrary, belligerent, argumentative) | |
| in dispute(adjective, uncertain, doubtful, dubious) | |
| scrappy(adjective, contrary, belligerent, argumentative) | |
| confrontational(adjective, contrary, argumentative) | |
| antagonistic | |
| dissenting(adjective, progressive, pragmatic, heterodox) | |
| dissident(adjective, progressive, pragmatic, sectarian) | |
| touchy(adjective, contrary, belligerent, argumentative) | |
| contrary(adjective, belligerent, argumentative, quarrelsome) |
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