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

Etymology

Origin of contradictious

First recorded in 1595–1605; contradict + -ious

Example Sentences

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contradictious

I wondered what other contradictious tastes she possessed.

From Simon the Jester by William John Locke

If he had taken a contradictious tone on purpose to draw Mrs. Luna out, he could not have elicited more of the information he desired.

From The Bostonians, Vol. I (of II) by Henry James

Now so far as we understand the nature of any being, we can certainly tell what is contrary and contradictious to its nature; as that accidents should subsist without their subject, &c.

From Coleridge's Literary Remains, Volume 4. by Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Then a strange, wilful contradictious spirit took possession of her.

From A Song of a Single Note A Love Story by Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr

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

From Washington Square by Henry James