CONTENTIOUS

Meaning of CONTENTIOUS in English

( a. )

Relating to contention or strife; involving or characterized by contention.

Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary. Пересмотренный полный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012

CONTENTIOUS — querellaci
English interlingue dictionary
CONTENTIOUS — adjective Date: 15th century likely to cause contention , exhibiting an often perverse and wearisome tendency to quarrels and disputes …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
CONTENTIOUS — kənˈtenchəs adjective Etymology: Middle English contenciose, from Latin contentiosus, from contentio contention + -osus -ose, -ous 1. a. : given …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CONTENTIOUS — (a.) Contested; litigated; litigious; having power to decide controversy.
Английский словарь Webster
CONTENTIOUS — (a.) Relating to contention or strife; involving or characterized by contention.
Английский словарь Webster
CONTENTIOUS — (a.) Fond of contention; given to angry debate; provoking dispute or contention; quarrelsome.
Английский словарь Webster
CONTENTIOUS — ( a. ) Fond of contention; given to angry debate; provoking dispute or contention; quarrelsome.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
CONTENTIOUS — ( a. ) Contested; litigated; litigious; having power to decide controversy.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
CONTENTIOUS — — contentiously , adv. — contentiousness , n. /keuhn ten"sheuhs/ , adj. 1. tending to argument or strife; quarrelsome: a …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CONTENTIOUS — adj. belligerent, argumentative, controversial; causing an argument; likely to cause an dispute
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
CONTENTIOUS — adjective Date: 15th century 1. : likely to cause contention a contentious argument 2. : exhibiting an often perverse and …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
CONTENTIOUS — adj contested; litigated; litigious; having power to decide controversy. 2. contentious ·adj relating to contention or strife; involving or characterized …
Webster English vocab
CONTENTIOUS — ■ adjective causing or likely to cause disagreement or controversy. ↘ Law relating to or involving differences between contending parties. …
Concise Oxford English vocab
CONTENTIOUS — contentious BrE AmE kən ˈten t ʃ əs § \ ( ˌ ) kɒn- ▷ contentious|ly li ▷ contentious|ness nəs …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
CONTENTIOUS — / kənˈtenʃəs; NAmE / adjective ( formal ) 1. likely to cause disagreement between people : a contentious issue / …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CONTENTIOUS — con ‧ ten ‧ tious /kənˈtenʃəs/ BrE AmE adjective 1 . causing a lot of argument and disagreement between people …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
CONTENTIOUS — A contentious issue causes a lot of disagreement or arguments. ( FORMAL ) Sanctions are expected to be among the …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CONTENTIOUS — adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADVERB highly ▪ Sometimes his segmentation is highly contentious . ▪ Magona's reexamination of a …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
CONTENTIOUS — [adjective]Contentious means causing or likely to cause disagreement.a contentious decision/policy/question/subjectIt's currently a very contentious issue.She has some rather contentious views …
Cambridge English vocab
CONTENTIOUS — adj. Function: adjective 1 Synonyms: BELLIGERENT , bellicose, combative, gladiatorial, militant, pugnacious, quarrelsome, ||ructious, truculent, warlike Related Words: contrary, froward, …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
CONTENTIOUS — adjective 1. Synonyms: belligerent , bellicose, combative, gladiatorial, militant, pugnacious, quarrelsome, ||ructious, truculent, warlike Related Word: contrary, froward, perverse; captious, …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
CONTENTIOUS — adj. VERBS ▪ be , prove ▪ become ▪ remain ADVERB ▪ extremely , fairly , very , etc. ▪ …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
CONTENTIOUS — adj. 25B6; adjective a contentious issue : CONTROVERSIAL, disputable, debatable, disputed, open to debate, moot, vexed. a contentious debate : …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
CONTENTIOUS — прил. 1) дискуссионный, спорный a contentious argument ≈ спорный аргумент Syn : disputable, questionable 2) вздорный; придирчивый; любящий спорить Syn …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
CONTENTIOUS — contentious.ogg kənʹtenʃəs a 1. любящий спорить, вздорный, придирчивый; сварливый contentious temper - вздорный /сварливый/ характер th crew was contentious - …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
CONTENTIOUS — прил.1) дискуссионный, спорный a contentious argument — спорный аргумент Syn:disputable, questionable 2) вздорный; придирчивый; любящий спорить Syn:quarrelsome
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
CONTENTIOUS — a 1. любящий спорить, вздорный, придирчивый; сварливый contentious temper - вздорный /сварливый/ характер th crew was contentious - команда роптала …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
CONTENTIOUS
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
CONTENTIOUS
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
CONTENTIOUS — прил. 1) дискуссионный, спорный a contentious argument ≈ спорный аргумент Syn : disputable, questionable 2) вздорный; придирчивый; любящий спорить Syn …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
CONTENTIOUS — adj. Pronunciation: k ə n- ' ten(t)-sh ə s Function: adjective Date: 15th century 1 : likely to cause contention …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
CONTENTIOUS — [con.ten.tious] adj (15c) 1: likely to cause contention "a ~ argument" 2: exhibiting an often perverse and wearisome tendency to …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
CONTENTIOUS — adj. 1 argumentative, quarrelsome. 2 likely to cause an argument; disputed, controversial. øøcontentiously adv. contentiousness n. [ME f. OF contentieux …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
CONTENTIOUS — adj. 1 argumentative, quarrelsome. 2 likely to cause an argument; disputed, controversial. contentiously adv. contentiousness n. [ ME f. OF …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
CONTENTIOUS — adj.1 argumentative, quarrelsome. 2 likely to cause an argument; disputed, controversial. Derivatives: contentiously adv. contentiousness n. Etymology: ME f. OF …
Oxford English vocab
CONTENTIOUS — A ~ issue causes a lot of disagreement or arguments. (FORMAL) Sanctions are expected to be among the most ~ …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
CONTENTIOUS — Synonyms and related words : aggravating, aggravative, aggressive, annoying, antagonistic, argumental, argumentative, battling, bellicose, belligerent, bloodthirsty, bloody, bloody-minded, cat-and-dog, cat-and-doggish, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
CONTENTIOUS — a. 1. Quarrelsome, cross, petulant, perverse, pugnacious, litigious, wrangling. 2. Disputatious, captious, cavilling.
Dictionary of English Synonyms
CONTENTIOUS — adj.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary Second Edition
CONTENTIOUS — See ↑ DISAGREE 6
Longman Activator English vocab
CONTENTIOUS — Спорный
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
CONTENTIOUS — (v) любящий спорить
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
CONTENTIOUS — (a) вздорный; придирчивый; сварливый; спорный
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
CONTENTIOUS — a 1. любящий спорить, вздорный, придирчивый; сварливый ~ temper - вздорный /сварливый/ характер the crew was ~ - команда роптала …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
CONTENTIOUS — adj. любящий спорить, вздорный, придирчивый, сварливый, спорный
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
CONTENTIOUS — adj. любящий спорить, вздорный, придирчивый, сварливый, спорный
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
CONTENTIOUS — _a. 1> спорный 2> вздорный; придирчивый; сварливый
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
CONTENTIOUS — a. 1. спорный 2. вздорный; придирчивый; сварливый
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
CONTENTIOUS — спорный вздорный; придирчивый; сварливый
Англо-Русский дополнительный словарь
CONTENTIOUS — _a. 1> спорный 2> вздорный; придирчивый; сварливый
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера
CONTENTIOUS — [adj.] 1) спорный 2) вздорный, придирчивый 3) задорный
Morteza English-Russian Dictionary
CONTENTIOUS — a 1) спорный; 2) вздорный, придирчивый; 3) задорный
Англо-Русский словарь - Королев
CONTENTIOUS — спорный
English-Russian Online Dictionary
CONTENTIOUS — спорный; рассматриваемый в порядке спора между сторонами
Англо-Русский юридический словарь
CONTENTIOUS — спорный, вздорный
English-Russian vocab
CONTENTIOUS — спорный
Англо-Русский словарь по патентам и товарным знакам
CONTENTIOUS — спорный
Англо-Русский словарь

Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary

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