Disputatious

//ˌdɪspjʊˈteɪʃəs//

Synonyms for "disputatious" (89 found)

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Translations

11 translations across 4 languages.

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German

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  • bestritten adj (relating to something that is in question)
  • kontrovers adj (relating to something that is in question)
  • streitbar adj (inclined to argue; provoking debate)
  • streitsüchtig adj (inclined to argue; provoking debate)

Latin

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  • contentiōsus adj (inclined to argue; provoking debate)

Scottish Gaelic

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  • connsachail adj (inclined to argue; provoking debate)
  • connspaideach adj (inclined to argue; provoking debate)

Turkish

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  • dalaşkan adj (inclined to argue; provoking debate)
  • kavgacı adj (inclined to argue; provoking debate)

Sample sentences

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He was followed by a disputatious gentleman, who had the temerity to maintain before the royal misocapnist (the Counterblast had not as yet issued from the monarch's lips, but his anti-nicotian prejudices were well known,) the thesis, that "tobacco must needs be good;" proceeding to his proof "by enumeration or induction, because Kings, Princes, Nobles, Earles, Lords, Knights, Gentlemen of all Countries and Nations, reckoning a number, loved it."

Source: wiktionary

Certainly there have been bitterly contested elections in this country before. Party spirit is always rife, and in such vivid, excitable, disputatious communities as ours are, and I trust always will be, it is the very soul of freedom.

Source: wiktionary

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