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dissentious

American  
[dih-sen-shuhs] / dɪˈsɛn ʃəs /

adjective

  1. contentious; quarrelsome.


dissentious British  
/ dɪˈsɛnʃəs /

adjective

  1. argumentative

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Etymology

Origin of dissentious

First recorded in 1550–60; dissent + -ious

Example Sentences

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“What’s the matter, you dissentious rogues?” she snarls at the plebeians as she takes the stage for the first time.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 24, 2017

Although Ms. Behbahani rejected political ideologies, her work became increasingly dissentious after the Islamic revolution that installed Ayatollah Khomeini.

From Washington Post

The resulting appearance of dissentious sound and fury is, she says, simply a sign of the government's self-confident strength: democracy in action.

From Time Magazine Archive

For they proved the city great and not small, and rendered it harmonious and not dissentious, and erected the walls instead of pulling them down.

From The Orations of Lysias by Lysias

What's the matter, you dissentious rogues, That rubbing the poor itch of your opinion Make yourself scabs?

From Tolstoy on Shakespeare A Critical Essay on Shakespeare by Chertkov, V. G. (Vladimir Grigorevich)