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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

Arousing or able to arouse intense feeling

Of, pertaining to, or caused by factions

Tending to stir up conflict, controversy or agitation

Having or showing a tendency to be easily annoyed or angered

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

Of or involving strongly critical or disputatious writing or speech

Adhering excessively to law

Relating to dialectic or dialectics

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Adjective

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

stubborn as a mule

passive-aggressive

dead set against

dissenting from

acting in opposition

in disagreement with

at variance with

insurrectionary

undisciplinable

insurrectionist

obstinately disobedient

unaccommodating

ill-disciplined

attention-seeking

full of mischief

unfavourable^UK

individualistic

covertly narcissistic

without law and order

socially impaired

lacking self-control

like a loose cannon

unenthusiastic about

disinclined to accept

reluctant to accept

unwilling to accept

self-opinionated

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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

yet to be decided

subject to debate

unsubstantiated

far from certain

open to suspicion

under advisement

under examination

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

under discussion

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

a debatable point

up to the individual

not yet settled

yet to be settled

to be won or lost

in a state of limbo

in a state of uncertainty

hanging by a thread

resolving nothing

proving nothing

leaving matters open

hemming and hawing

running hot and cold

hedging your bets

blowing hot and cold

still open to question

still open to doubt

open to modification

subject to discussion

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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

Arousing or able to arouse intense feeling

over-sentimental

emotionally moving

arousing affect

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Of, pertaining to, or caused by factions

insurrectionary

conflict-ridden

insurrectionist

individualistic

passive-aggressive

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Adjective

Tending to stir up conflict, controversy or agitation

insurrectionary

insurrectionist

causing trouble

like a red rag to a bull

destabilizing^US

destabilising^UK

confrontational

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Adjective

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

hot under collar

having short fuse

not best pleased

bent out of shape

foaming at the mouth

in high dudgeon

prima donna-ish

easily provoked

perversely irritable

apt to fly off the handle

bundle of nerves

easily frightened

easily agitated

huffy irascible

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Adjective

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

Adjective

Of or involving strongly critical or disputatious writing or speech

Adjective

Adhering excessively to law

Adjective

Relating to dialectic or dialectics

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