contentious



contentious - adjective

  • inclined or showing an inclination to dispute or disagree, even to engage in law suits
  • involving or likely to cause controversy

contentious - thesaurus

combative   disputatious   disputative   litigious  


View spelling list The -tious ending and learn about the word contentious in the Spellzone English spelling course, Unit 30. Words with ci and ti e.g. ancient, special, initial, gracious.

Scrabble score for contentious

c is 3 o is 1 n is 1 t is 1 e is 1 n is 1 t is 1 i is 1 o is 1 u is 1 s is 1
Scrabble score = 13

Please note that scrabble only allows seven tiles to be placed at once.

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