Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Disputatious \Dis`pu*ta"tious\, a. Inclined to dispute; apt to civil or controvert; characterized by dispute; as, a disputatious person or temper.
The Christian doctrine of a future life was no
recommendation of the new religion to the wits and
philosophers of that disputations period.
--Buckminster.
-- Dis`pu*ta"tious*ly, adv. -- Dis`pu*ta"tious*ness, n.
Wiktionary
a. 1 Of or relating to something that is in question as to its value or intent. 2 Inclined to argue or debate; provoking debate.
WordNet
adj. 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: contentious, disputative, litigious]
Wikipedia
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Usage examples of "disputatious".
Among the surprises of the unfolding drama, as tensions increased, was the extent to which the ardent, disputatious John Adams held himself in rein, proving when need be a model of civility and self-restraint, even of patience.
I often overheard their disputatious questions: Which were more perniciousthe professions of Manichaeanism, or those of the Gnostics?
I often overheard their disputatious questions: Which were more pernicious-the professions of Manichaeanism, or those of the Gnostics?
William Douglass, the disputatious Scotchman, mentioned those same four remedies, in the dedication of his quarrelsome essay on inoculation, as the most important ones in the hands of the physicians of his time.
We sometimes disputed, and very fond we were of argument, and very desirous of confuting one another, which disputatious turn, by the way, is apt to become a very bad habit, making people often extremely disagreeable in company by the contradiction that is necessary to bring it into practice.
Bernard Godwin, the Mall's eminence grise, has been our surrogate father, and like disputatious children we've been yelling ''Choose me!