contradictious

American  

[kon-truh-dik-shuhs] / ˌkɒn trəˈdɪk ʃəs /

adjective

1. inclined to contradict; disputatious.

2. Archaic. self-contradictory.

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Other Word Forms

• contradictiousness
  noun
• uncontradictious
  adjective
• contradictiously
  adverb

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Etymology

Origin of contradictious

First recorded in 1595–1605; contradict + -ious

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Example Sentences

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contradictious

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

From Washington Square by Henry James

He was full of moral sentiments—that man; only you could not look at him without fancying that they sprung more from an inclination to be contradictious and disagreeable than from any depth of principle.

From Guy Livingstone; or, 'Thorough' by George A. (George Alfred) Lawrence

I wondered what other contradictious tastes she possessed.

From Simon the Jester by William John Locke

To be sure there be a few contradictious folks that would fain have had the old fashions tarry; but, well-a-day! they be but an handful.

From All's Well Alice's Victory by M. Lewin

I do not know what I find in you, for, in point of fact, you are but a dry fellow, and more contradictious than often suits me.

From Debit and Credit Translated from the German of Gustav Freytag by Gustav Freytag

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