adjective Date: 15th century likely to cause contention , exhibiting an often perverse and wearisome tendency to quarrels and disputes , see: belligerent ~ly adverb ~ness noun
CONTENTIOUS
Meaning of CONTENTIOUS in English
Merriam Webster. Explanatory English dictionary Merriam Webster. Толковый словарь английского языка Мерриам-Уэбстер. 2012