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

• contradictiously adverb
• contradictiousness noun
• uncontradictious adjective

Etymology

Origin of contradictious

First recorded in 1595–1605; contradict + -ious

Example Sentences

So instead of punishing her, I just comforted her; and the more contradictious she got, the more I knowed as she wanted comfort.

From The Farringdons by Fowler, Ellen Thorneycroft

He certainly bursts out with a remark, and in a contradictious way, but only because he believes it, with no air of dogmatism or conceit.

From The Life of John Ruskin by Collingwood, W. G. (William Gershom)

Perhaps then you would have understood the contradictious girl, as well as I did.

From The Measure of a Man by Merrill, Frank T. (Frank Thayer)

"It is a very unfeminine habit," I said; partly because I was in a contradictious mood, and partly because I wanted to snub Mrs. Fielden for being so beautiful and young and charming.

From A Lame Dog's Diary by Macnaughtan, S. (Sarah)

Let 'em so much as smell the scent of layman in any position of authority, and it makes 'em as obstinate and contradictious and contrary as mules, and worse.

From A Siren by Trollope, Thomas Adolphus