Contentious

Adjective

 * 1) Marked by heated arguments or controversy.
 * 2) Given to struggling with others out of jealousy or discord.

Adverbs for Contentious
characteristically; incorrigibly;  disagreeably; loftily; shrewdly; intelligently; stupidly; doggedly; foolishly; bitterly; unnecessarily; testily; mildly; impetuously; violently; mulishly; stolidly; abusively; unreasonably; habitually; hotly; offensively; absurdly; pretentiously; brazenly.

Derived terms
contentiously; contentiousness

Related terms
contend; contender; contention

Thesaurus
argumentative, battling, bellicose, belligerent, bloodthirsty, bloody, bloody-minded, cat-and-dog, cat-and-doggish, chauvinist, chauvinistic, combative, controversial, dialectic, disputatious, enemy, eristic, exasperating, exasperative, ferocious, fierce, fighting, full of fight, hawkish, hostile, ill-humored, inimical, irritating, jingo, jingoish, jingoist, jingoistic, litigious, logomachic, martial, militant, militaristic, military, offensive, pilpulistic, polemic, pro and con, provocative, pugnacious, quarrelsome, saber-rattling, sanguinary, sanguineous, savage, scrappy, soldierlike, soldierly, trigger-happy, truculent, unfriendly, unpacific, unpeaceable, unpeaceful, warlike, warmongering, warring

Etymology
From contentiosus: < contentio: < contendere:, past participle contentus:; see contend. Confer French contentieux:, corresponding to

Translations

 * Bulgarian: спорен
 * Catalan: controvertit, contenciós
 * Czech:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Hungarian: vitás, vitatott


 * Italian:
 * Norwegian: omstridt / kontroversiell
 * Polish: sporny
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: дискуссионный, спорный
 * Spanish:
 * Turkish: tartışmalı, mücadeleci, çekişmeli, kavgacı


 * Bulgarian: свадлив
 * Catalan: contenciós
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:, ,  ,  combatif,  batailleur,  bagarreur,  chamailleur,  querelleur
 * German:


 * Hungarian: veszekedő, pörlekedő
 * Italian:, ,
 * Portuguese: conflituoso
 * Russian: вздорный, придирчивый, любящий спорить
 * Spanish: pendenciero,,  ,  provocador
 * Swedish: bråkig