contradictious

[ kon-truh-dik-shuhs ]

adjective

1. inclined to contradict; disputatious.
2. Archaic. self-contradictory.

Other Words From

• contra·dictious·ly adverb
• contra·dictious·ness noun
• uncon·tra·dictious adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of contradictious¹

First recorded in 1595–1605; contradict + -ious

Example Sentences

But such a course would have been absolutely contradictious to his whole nature.

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Our next, which is very brief, is a still more striking instance of this contradictious and exclusive spirit.

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And this thought points the way out of another contradictious puzzle, that which confronts my argument from the ears of an ass.

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Again, I lose two pennies every day on my wife; for she is contradictious, wilful, and passionate.

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She knew not what to make of her niece, who had suddenly become stern and contradictious.

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