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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024con•ten•tious (kən ten′shəs),USA pronunciation adj. - tending to argument or strife;
quarrelsome:a contentious crew. - causing, involving, or characterized by argument or controversy:contentious issues.
- [Law.]pertaining to causes between contending parties.
- Latin contentiōsus, equivalent. to contenti(ō) contention + -ōsus -ous
- late Middle English contenciose 1400–50
con•ten′tious•ly, adv. con•ten′tious•ness, n. - 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged disputatious, argumentative.
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