Crossword clues for contentiousness
contentiousness
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Contentious \Con*ten"tious\, a. [L. contentiosus: cf. F. contentieux.]
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Fond of contention; given to angry debate; provoking dispute or contention; quarrelsome.
Despotic and contentious temper.
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Relating to contention or strife; involving or characterized by contention.
--Spenser.More cheerful, though not less contentious, regions.
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(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.
Wiktionary
n. The state of being contentious.
WordNet
n. a disposition to fight [syn: aggressiveness, belligerence, pugnacity, quarrelsomeness]
Usage examples of "contentiousness".
Old Lord Corman seemed to have passed his contentiousness on to this sixth son of his, who was not much past his thirtieth birthday.
He “abhorred dispute,” as he said, shrank from the contentiousness of politics, and instinctively avoided confrontation of any kind.
He "abhorred dispute," as he said, shrank from the contentiousness of politics, and instinctively avoided confrontation of any kind.
What more, the annual award of the Nebulas, which are determined by vote among the members of the Science Fiction Writers of America, seems to rouse hard feeling and contentiousness every year.
The big man shot back a bland smile, said, ``Enough contentiousness over a worthless dead spic,'' and extended his hand.
That he is capable of profound affections merely modifies here and there his natural contentiousness, and subdues its expression.