contentious
adjective
tending to argument or strife; quarrelsome.
contentiousness
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a word derived from
contentious.
Example Sentences
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But even the judge last week seemed exasperated by the contentiousness of a feud that shows no sign of ending.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026
Pizza always amuses me with its contentiousness among certain types of home cooks — the flour, the oven, the hydration, so many absolute rights and wrongs.
From Salon ● Jan. 7, 2025
She once believed the campus could be a place where students could talk about the complexities of the region without contentiousness.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2023
Now the contentiousness that drove that decision has become clear in legal filings that detail how those works came to be at the center of a bitter dispute within the Early family.
From New York Times ● Mar. 17, 2023
His face had lately adopted an expression of playful contentiousness.
From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini
