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1. contentious: Merriam-Webster.com [home, info]
2. contentious: Oxford Dictionaries [home, info]
3. contentious: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language [home, info]
4. contentious: Collins English Dictionary [home, info]
5. contentious: Vocabulary.com [home, info]
6. contentious: Macmillan Dictionary [home, info]
7. Contentious, contentious: Wordnik [home, info]
8. contentious: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary [home, info]
9. contentious: Wiktionary [home, info]
10. contentious: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed. [home, info]
11. contentious: V2 Vocabulary Building Dictionary [home, info]
12. contentious: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus [home, info]
13. contentious: Infoplease Dictionary [home, info]
14. Contentious, contentious: Dictionary.com [home, info]
15. contentious: UltraLingua English Dictionary [home, info]
16. contentious: Cambridge Dictionary of American English [home, info]
17. Contentious: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia [home, info]
18. Contentious: Online Plain Text English Dictionary [home, info]
19. contentious: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition [home, info]
20. contentious: Rhymezone [home, info]
21. contentious: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary [home, info]
22. contentious: Webster's 1828 Dictionary [home, info]
23. contentious: Free Dictionary [home, info]
24. contentious: Mnemonic Dictionary [home, info]
25. contentious: WordNet 1.7 Vocabulary Helper [home, info]
26. contentious: LookWAYup Translating Dictionary/Thesaurus [home, info]
27. contentious: Dictionary/thesaurus [home, info]

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28. contentious: Legal dictionary [home, info]

Computing (1 matching dictionary)

29. contentious: Encyclopedia [home, info]

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30. contentious: Urban Dictionary [home, info]

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Quick definitions from Macmillan ( ) Provided by Quick definitions from WordNet (contentious) ▸ adjective:  involving or likely to cause controversy ("A central and contentious element of the book- Tim W.Ferfuson") ▸ adjective:  inclined or showing an inclination to dispute or disagree, even to engage in law suits ("A style described as abrasive and contentious") ▸ adjective:  having or showing a ready disposition to fight ("A contentious nature") ▸ Also see contentiousness ▸ Words similar to contentious ▸ Usage examples for contentious ▸ Popular nouns described by contentious ▸ Words that often appear near contentious ▸ Rhymes of contentious ▸ Invented words related to contentious