We sided with him in the controversy.
Source: tatoeba (43319)
Controversy
//kənˈtɹɒv.ə.si//
Synonyms for "controversy" (160 found)
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Closest matches (32)
Strong matches (48)
Related words (80)
Noun(18 words)
falling-outfeudfightfightingflitingflytingfracasfrictionfusshasslehostilityhubbubhurrahimbroglioinaccordanceinequalityjarringkilkenny catslitigationlogomachy
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miffmisunderstandingnegationopen quarreloppositionoppugnancypaper warpassage of armspolemicpolemicsquarrelquarrelingquarrelsomenessquestioningrepugnancerhubarbrivalryruckusrumpusscrappingset toset-tosharp wordsslanging matchsnarlspatsquabblesquabblingstrifestruggletifftussleunharmoniousnessvariancevendettaverbal engagementwarwar of wordswarfarewordswranglewrangling
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4 entriesRelated terms
4 entriescauses desire
1 entriesderived
10 entriesis a
2 entriesrelated to
8 entriesTranslations
81 translations across 45 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ἀμφισβήτησις noun (debate, discussion of opposing opinions)
Arabic
1 entries- جَدَل noun (debate, discussion of opposing opinions)
Armenian
2 entries- վեճ noun (debate, discussion of opposing opinions)
- վիճաբանություն noun (debate, discussion of opposing opinions)
Basque
1 entries- eztabaida noun (debate, discussion of opposing opinions)
Belarusian
2 entries- спор noun (debate, discussion of opposing opinions)
- спрэ́чка noun (debate, discussion of opposing opinions)
Bulgarian
2 entries- диску́сия noun (debate, discussion of opposing opinions)
- спор noun (debate, discussion of opposing opinions)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 爭論 /争论 noun (debate, discussion of opposing opinions)
- 爭議 /争议 noun (debate, discussion of opposing opinions)
Czech
1 entries- kontroverze noun (debate, discussion of opposing opinions)
Dutch
1 entries- controverse noun (debate, discussion of opposing opinions)
Esperanto
2 entries- disputado noun (debate, discussion of opposing opinions)
- polemiko noun (debate, discussion of opposing opinions)
Estonian
2 entries- vaidlus noun (debate, discussion of opposing opinions)
- vastuolu noun (debate, discussion of opposing opinions)
Finnish
2 entries- kiista noun (debate, discussion of opposing opinions)
- sanaharkka noun (debate, discussion of opposing opinions)
French
2 entries- controverse noun (debate, discussion of opposing opinions)
- polémique noun (debate, discussion of opposing opinions)
Galician
1 entries- controversia noun (debate, discussion of opposing opinions)
German
2 entries- Kontroverse noun (debate, discussion of opposing opinions)
- Meinungsverschiedenheit noun (debate, discussion of opposing opinions)
Greek
1 entries- διαμάχη noun (debate, discussion of opposing opinions)
Hebrew
2 entries- חילוקי דעות noun (debate, discussion of opposing opinions)
- מחלוקת noun (debate, discussion of opposing opinions)
Hindi
1 entries- विवाद noun (debate, discussion of opposing opinions)
Hungarian
2 entries- polémia noun (debate, discussion of opposing opinions)
- vita noun (debate, discussion of opposing opinions)
Indonesian
2 entries- kontroversi noun (debate, discussion of opposing opinions)
- perdebatan noun (debate, discussion of opposing opinions)
Italian
1 entries- controversia noun (debate, discussion of opposing opinions)
Japanese
1 entries- 論争 noun (debate, discussion of opposing opinions)
Korean
3 entries- 논의 noun (debate, discussion of opposing opinions)
- 논쟁 noun (debate, discussion of opposing opinions)
- 토론 noun (debate, discussion of opposing opinions)
Latin
1 entries- contrōversia noun (debate, discussion of opposing opinions)
Latvian
2 entries- kontroversija noun (debate, discussion of opposing opinions)
- polemika noun (debate, discussion of opposing opinions)
Malay
1 entries- kontroversi noun (debate, discussion of opposing opinions)
Māori
1 entries- whiuwhiu kupu noun (debate, discussion of opposing opinions)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- جدال noun (debate, discussion of opposing opinions)
Persian
1 entries- هم ستیزی noun (debate, discussion of opposing opinions)
Polish
1 entries- spór noun (debate, discussion of opposing opinions)
Portuguese
2 entries- controvérsia noun (debate, discussion of opposing opinions)
- polêmica noun (debate, discussion of opposing opinions)
Romanian
3 entries- controversă noun (debate, discussion of opposing opinions)
- discuție noun (debate, discussion of opposing opinions)
- dispută noun (debate, discussion of opposing opinions)
Russian
3 entries- диску́ссия noun (debate, discussion of opposing opinions)
- разногла́сия noun (debate, discussion of opposing opinions)
- спор noun (debate, discussion of opposing opinions)
Sanskrit
2 entries- वादयुद्ध noun (debate, discussion of opposing opinions)
- विवाद noun (debate, discussion of opposing opinions)
Scottish Gaelic
2 entries- connsachadh noun (debate, discussion of opposing opinions)
- connspaid noun (debate, discussion of opposing opinions)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- kontrovèrza noun (debate, discussion of opposing opinions)
- kontrovèrzija noun (debate, discussion of opposing opinions)
Spanish
4 entries- controversia noun (debate, discussion of opposing opinions)
- cuestión batallona noun (debate, discussion of opposing opinions)
- manzana de la discordia noun (debate, discussion of opposing opinions)
- polémica noun (debate, discussion of opposing opinions)
Swedish
1 entries- kontrovers noun (debate, discussion of opposing opinions)
Tagalog
1 entries- kontrobersiya noun (debate, discussion of opposing opinions)
Thai
2 entries- การวิวาท noun (debate, discussion of opposing opinions)
- การโต้เถียง noun (debate, discussion of opposing opinions)
Tibetan
3 entries- རྙོག་ཁྲ noun (debate, discussion of opposing opinions)
- རྩོད་པ noun (debate, discussion of opposing opinions)
- རྩོད་རྙོག noun (debate, discussion of opposing opinions)
Turkish
4 entries- anlaşmazlık noun (debate, discussion of opposing opinions)
- cidal noun (debate, discussion of opposing opinions)
- ihtilaf noun (debate, discussion of opposing opinions)
- münazara noun (debate, discussion of opposing opinions)
Ukrainian
2 entries- спір noun (debate, discussion of opposing opinions)
- супере́ка noun (debate, discussion of opposing opinions)
Vietnamese
1 entries- tranh cãi noun (debate, discussion of opposing opinions)
Welsh
1 entries- dadl noun (debate, discussion of opposing opinions)
Sample sentences
14 total sentences available.
The question excited much controversy.
Source: tatoeba (43714)
The senator remained neutral in the furious controversy.
Source: tatoeba (46241)
There was a controversy about the location of the new school.
Source: tatoeba (269117)
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