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- adjective
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- argumentative; quarrelsome; causing controversy or disagreement [Princeton Review]
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- tending to argument or strife; quarrelsome: a contentious crew
- causing, involving, or characterized by argument or controversy: contentious issues
- argumentative, pugnacious, combative, quarrelsome [Nandigam]
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