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Having a predisposition to fight or engage in confrontations

Causing, or likely to cause, an argument or controversy

Involving heated argument

Of, pertaining to, or caused by factions

Having or showing a tendency to be easily annoyed or angered

Having or displaying a strong desire to be more successful than others

Arousing or able to arouse intense feeling

Stubborn or unmanageable

Of or involving strongly critical or disputatious writing or speech

Adhering excessively to law

Tending to stir up conflict

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Having a predisposition to fight or engage in confrontations

confrontational

ready for a fight

spoiling for a fight

having a chip on one's shoulder

have chip on shoulder

have a bone to pick

itching to fight

looking for trouble

dead set against

dissenting from

acting in opposition

in disagreement with

at variance with

ill-humoured^UK

at each other's throats

battle-hardened

on a short fuse

at daggers drawn

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“We have always been a contentious people without any hesitation to tear down our leaders.”

Adjective

Causing, or likely to cause, an argument or controversy

open to question

open to discussion

subject to debate

yet to be decided

far from certain

unsubstantiated

open to suspicion

under advisement

under examination

under discussion

not yet established

a controversial subject

a matter of opinion

bone of contention

on the back burner

betwixt and between

up for discussion

between sixes and sevens

between rock and hard place

open to argument

indistinguishable

open for discussion

neither fish nor fowl

clear as dishwater

in no man's land

neither one thing nor the other

blowing hot and cold

a debatable point

up to the individual

to be won or lost

not yet settled

yet to be settled

hanging by a thread

in a state of limbo

in a state of uncertainty

without foundation

not backed up by evidence

resolving nothing

proving nothing

hemming and hawing

running hot and cold

hedging your bets

hard to believe

leaving matters open

on the horns of a dilemma

still open to question

still open to doubt

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“First aid was also a contentious issue in the dispute.”

Adjective

Involving heated argument

“The coercive powers of the State should not be employed in either side of a debate over contentious morality, but they should be employed to uphold the free choices of adults.”

Adjective

Of, pertaining to, or caused by factions

insurrectionary

conflict-ridden

insurrectionist

civil disobedience

individualistic

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Having or showing a tendency to be easily annoyed or angered

having got out of bed the wrong side

ill-humoured^UK

easily offended

hot under the collar

having got out of bed on the wrong side

on a short fuse

as cross as two sticks

like a bear with a sore head

uncommunicative

confrontational

with a long face

down in the mouth

having a fit of the sulks

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Adjective

Having or displaying a strong desire to be more successful than others

Adjective

Arousing or able to arouse intense feeling

Adjective

Stubborn or unmanageable

stubborn as a mule

confrontational

ready for a fight

spoiling for a fight

unaccommodating

hard to satisfy

set in one's ways

over-particular

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Of or involving strongly critical or disputatious writing or speech

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Adjective

Adhering excessively to law

Adjective

Tending to stir up conflict

like a red rag to a bull

insurrectionary

insurrectionist

causing trouble

destabilizing^US

destabilising^UK

confrontational

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