English-Thai Dictionary

contentious

ADJ ซึ่ง โต้เถียง กัน  ซึ่ง เป็น ที่ ถกเถียง กัน  quarrelsom argumentative sueng-to-tiang-kan

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CONTENTIOUS

a. 1. Apt to contend; given to angry debate; quarrelsome; perverse.
A continual dropping in a rainy day, and a contentious woman are alike. Proverbs 27:15.
2. Relating to contention in law; relating to litigation; having power to decide causes between contending parties; as a court of contentious jurisdiction.
3. Exciting or adapted to provoke contention or disputes; as a contentious subject.

 

CONTENTIOUSLY

adv. In a contentious manner; quarrelsomely; perversely.

 

CONTENTIOUSNESS

n.A disposition to contend; proneness to contest; perverseness; quarrelsomeness.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

CONTENTIOUS

Con *ten "tious, a. Etym: [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 cheerfull; though not less contentious, regions. Brougham.

 

3. (Law )

 

Defn: 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.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

contentious

con ten tious |kənˈtenCHəs kənˈtɛn (t )ʃəs | ▶adjective causing or likely to cause an argument; controversial: a contentious issue. • involving heated argument: the socioeconomic plan had been the subject of contentious debate. • (of a person ) given to arguing or provoking argument: a contentious amateur politician who has offended minority groups. • Law relating to or involving differences between contending parties. DERIVATIVES con ten tious ly adverb, con ten tious ness noun ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French contentieux, from Latin contentiosus, from content- ‘striven, ’ from the verb contendere.

 

Oxford Dictionary

contentious

con |ten |tious |kənˈtɛnʃəs | ▶adjective causing or likely to cause an argument; controversial: a contentious issue. • involving heated argument: the socio-economic plan had been the subject of contentious debate. • (of a person ) given to provoking argument. • Law relating to or involving differences between contending parties. DERIVATIVES contentiously adverb, contentiousness noun ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French contentieux, from Latin contentiosus, from content- ‘striven ’, from the verb contendere.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

contentious

contentious adjective 1 a contentious issue: controversial, disputable, debatable, disputed, open to debate, vexed. 2 a contentious debate: heated, vehement, fierce, violent, intense, impassioned. 3 contentious people. See quarrelsome.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

contentious

contentious adjective 1 the contentious issue of abortion: controversial, disputable, debatable, disputed, contended, open to question /debate, moot, vexed; ambivalent, equivocal, unsure, uncertain, unresolved, undecided, unsettled, borderline; rare controvertible. 2 a contentious debate: heated, vehement, fierce, violent, intense, impassioned, committed. 3 contentious people. See quarrelsome.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

contentious

con ten tious /kənténʃəs /形容詞 1 〈問題などが 〉議論を呼ぶ, 物議をかもす .2 〈人が 〉口論好きの, けんか腰の .3 〘法 〙係争 [訴訟 ]の .～ly 副詞 ～ness 名詞