disputatious

Meaning

1. Of or relating to something that is in question as to its intent or value.
2. Inclined to argue or debate; provoking debate.

Opposite of

conciliatory, pacific, peaceable

Synonyms

contentious

quarrelsome

argumentative

disputative

polemic

litigious

dissentious

combative

contradictious

contending

controversial

disputing

eristic

quarrelling

scrappy

shrewish

Translations

polemico

litigioso

accattabrighe

cavilloso

streitsüchtig

streitbar

εριστικός

φιλόνικος

acariâtre

bagarreur

controversé

polemique

polémique

raisonneur

litigigioso

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˌdɪspjʊˈteɪʃəs/

Etymology

From disputation, equivalent to disputati(on) + -ous.