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contentious

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"Likely to spark debate"

11 letters · collected on this word page

11 lettersPronunciation /kənˈtɛn.ʃəs/Part of speech adjectiveSorted ceinnoosttuStarts with CEnds with S1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Filled answer is this word (CONTENTIOUS).

Definitions

  1. involving or likely to cause controversy

Word origin

From Middle French contentieux, from Latin contentiōsus (“quarrelsome, perverse”), from contentiō (“contention”), from contendere, past participle contentus (“to contend”). Equivalent to English contention + -ous.

Used in a sentence

  • His essay[…] is likely to draw a furious response from across the party, where [Tony] Blair’s legacy remains highly contentious.
  • She was not a contentious person as the Other had been; she did not argue and contradict everything I said.

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