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Controversial

//ˌkɒn.tɹəˈvɜː.ʃəl//

Synonyms for "controversial" (57 found)

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General use (54)

Adj, verb(1 words)

Adj, noun, verb(2 words)

Adj, noun(10 words)

provocative doubtful belligerent problematic polemic dialectic debatable conjectural polemical eristic

Adjective(31 words)

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in doubt refutable deniable mistakable controvertible contestable confutable contested argumental logomachic pilpulistic

Noun(1 words)

Prep_phrase(1 words)

open to doubt open to question in dispute in dubio cat-and-doggish cat-and-dog

Verb(1 words)

Informal (3)

Adj, slang(3 words)

scrappy iffy arguable

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