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

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 Coleridge, Samuel Taylor

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

From Washington Square by James, Henry

I have been to see her this evening and found her of uncertain temper, and inclined to be contradictious.

From The Morals of Marcus Ordeyne : a Novel by Locke, William John

Mr. Gunning, though less contradictious than his wont, was certainly one of the most deliberately unsympathetic men she knew.

From All on the Irish Shore Irish Sketches by Somerville, E. Oe. (Edith Oenone)

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 Lewin, M.