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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Contentious \Con*ten"tious\, a. [L. contentiosus: cf F. contentieux.] 1. Fond of contention; given to angry debate; provoking dispute or contention; quarrelsome. Despotic and contentious temper. --Macaulay. 2. Relating to contention or strife; involving or characterized by contention. --Spenser. More cheerful, though not less contentious, regions. --Brougham. 3. (Law) Contested; litigated; litigious; having power to decide controversy. {Contentious jurisdiction} (Eng. Eccl. Law), jurisdiction over matters in controversy between parties, in contradistinction to {voluntary jurisdiction}, or that exercised upon matters not opposed or controverted. Syn: Quarrelsome; pugnacious; dissentious; wrangling; litigious; perverse; peevish. -- {Con*ten"tious*ly}, adv -- {Con*ten"tious*ness}, n. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: contentious adj 1: inclined or showing an inclination to dispute or disagree, even to engage in law suits; "a style described as abrasive and contentious"; "a disputatious lawyer"; "a litigious and acrimonious spirit" [syn: {disputatious}, {disputative}, {litigious}] 2: involving or likely to cause controversy; "a central and contentious element of the book"- Tim W.Ferfuson 3: having or showing a ready disposition to fight; "bellicose young officers"; "a combative impulse"; "a contentious nature" [syn: {battleful}, {bellicose}, {combative}]
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