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contentions

English

Noun

contentions

  1. plural of contention

Anagrams

  • nonstenotic

French

Verb

contentions

  1. first-person plural imperfect indicative of contenter
  2. first-person plural present subjunctive of contenter

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contentious

English

Etymology

From Middle French contentieux, from Latin contenti?sus (“quarrelsome, perverse”), from contenti? (“contention”), from contendere, past participle contentus (“to contend”); see contend.

Pronunciation

  • (UK, US) IPA(key): /k?n?t?n.??s/

Adjective

contentious (comparative more contentious, superlative most contentious)

  1. Marked by heated arguments or controversy.
  2. Given to struggling with others out of jealousy or discord.

Synonyms

  • See also Thesaurus:quarrelsome
  • See also Thesaurus:combative

Derived terms

  • contentiously
  • contentiousness
  • uncontentious

Related terms

  • contend
  • contender
  • contention

Translations

References

  • contentious in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
  • contentious in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

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