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The answer CONTENTIOUS has 7 possible clue(s) in existing crosswords.
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Definitions of contentious in various dictionaries:
adj - inclined or showing an inclination to dispute or disagree, even to engage in law suits
adj - involving or likely to cause controversy
Given to contention; quarrelsome.
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| The first 7 letters of this word meaning "quarrelsome" spell a word meaning satisfied |
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| causing or likely to cause an argument controversial. |
| Causing or likely to cause an argument controversial. |
| Given to contention quarrelsome. See Synonyms at argumentative, belligerent. |
| Involving or likely to cause contention controversial: "a central and contentious element of the book ( Tim W. Ferguson). |
| causing or likely to cause disagreement: |
| involving or likely to cause controversy |
| inclined or showing an inclination to dispute or disagree, even to engage in law suits |
| having or showing a ready disposition to fight |
| Contentious might refer to |
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Contention may refer to:* The main contention, in rhetoric and logic, the main point being argued * Resource contention, a general concept in communications and computing, is competition by users of a system for the facility at the same time: * Contention (telecommunications), a channel access method * The contention ratio, in computer networking, competition that applies specifically to the number of people connected to an ISP who share a set amount of bandwidth * Lock contention, in computer science, where a mutual exclusion lock reduces the throughput by hindering the concurrency of a program * Bus contention, in computer design, where multiple devices on a computer bus attempt to use it at the same time * Contention City, Arizona, a ghost town also known as Contention |