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[Adjective] | "con*ten*tious" | \ kən-ˈten(t)-shəs \
1: likely to cause disagreement or argument
2: exhibiting an often perverse and wearisome tendency to quarrels and disputes
Origin: 15th century ;
Middle English contenciose "quarrelsome," borrowed from Middle French & Latin; Middle French contencieux "subject to disagreement," borrowed from Latin contentiōsus "persistent, obstinate, argumentative, quarrelsome," from contentiō "exertion, competition, {see: |contention|contention}" + -ōsus {see: |-ous|-ous};
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[Adjective] | "contentious"
1: feeling or displaying eagerness to fight;
* e.g., " ... the Tartars were a contentious people who terrorized much of Asia and eastern Europe during the Middle Ages "
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2: given to arguing;
* e.g., " ... a tiresomely contentious person who likes to argue for the sake of arguing "
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3: relating to or causing the expression of opposing opinions;
* e.g., " ... gun control is likely to be a contentious subject in any group discussion "
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[ "contentious" ]
1: tending to argument or strife; quarrelsome
* e.g., ... Me and my ex broke up because she was to contentious
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[ "Contentious" ]
1: A word your stupid friend uses from his word of the day calander to appear smarter than he actually is.
* e.g., ... Contentious; A word used in the board game cranium <spell it backwards. One try>
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[ "custom contenty" ]
1: (adj) a word used to describe a sim in The Sims 4 when they have custom content on or you want to put custom content on them to make them look better
* e.g., ... Person: I want my sim to look more custom contenty to make them look better!
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[ "Contentious" ]
1: The reason I can’t be happy.
* e.g., ... Hey you contentious bitch, wake the fuck up
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