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Adjective
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Giving rise or likely to give rise to controversy or public disagreement
contentious
debatable
disputable
disputed
disputatious
arguable
contended
controvertible
delicate
difficult
divisive
dubious
polemical
sensitive
dubitable
emotive
moot
polemic
provocative
questionable
suspect
tendentious
vexed
awkward
contestable
contested
debateable
problematic
argued
challenged
debated
doubtable
doubtful
heated
hot
notorious
questioned
uncertain
hot-button
under discussion
at issue
in dispute
open to discussion
open to question
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“The controversial move is one aspect of a massive drive to get doctors to intervene with heavy drinkers.”
Adjective
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Having a predisposition to argue or engage in confrontations
argumentative
disputatious
quarrelsome
antagonistic
combative
confrontational
belligerent
cantankerous
feisty
militant
scrappy
bickering
contentious
polemical
polemic
pugnacious
bellicose
truculent
litigious
factious
agonistic
gladiatorial
aggressive
contrary
captious
discordant
warlike
assaultive
chippy
brawly
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“Though original in his views, he too often damaged his cause with his controversial temperament.”
Adjective
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Requiring great skill or finesse in handling or treatment
ticklish
difficult
tricky
delicate
thorny
problematic
sensitive
knotty
sticky
prickly
tough
awkward
problematical
touchy
hairy
dodgy
troublesome
complicated
nasty
catchy
tricksy
complex
spiny
hard
intricate
involved
trying
taxing
vexatious
irksome
precarious
convoluted
upsetting
worrying
bothersome
critical
risky
uncertain
dangerous
volatile
vexed
concerning
unstable
nice
chancy
rocky
unsteady
capricious
changeable
fickle
inconstant
mercurial
temperamental
variable
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Adjective
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Tending to stir up conflict
inflammatory
provocative
incendiary
agitational
seditious
rousing
inciting
stirring
inflaming
revolutionary
instigative
contentious
demagogic
provoking
agitating
fomenting
fiery
anarchic
insurgent
explosive
rebellious
intemperate
mutinous
rabid
riotous
rabble-rousing
hate-mongering
like a red rag to a bull
arousing
aggressive
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Adjective
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Not supported or proven by evidence
unsubstantiated
unfounded
groundless
unsupported
questionable
baseless
unsound
dubious
spurious
unreasonable
weak
uncorroborated
foundationless
unproven
unreliable
unwarranted
doubtful
flimsy
unconfirmed
tenuous
unjustified
suspect
unverified
invalid
conjectural
speculative
dodgy
iffy
uncertain
nonvalid
unjustifiable
undependable
debatable
fishy
nebulous
disputable
unattested
arguable
dubitable
untrustworthy
unestablished
suspicious
suppositious
suppositive
assumed
presumed
indefinite
ill-founded
without foundation
without basis
not validated
open to question
open to doubt
not backed up by evidence
hard to believe
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Adjective
▲
Favoring, or characterized by, extreme ideas that may be divisive
divisive
radical
extreme
militant
anarchistic
extremist
fanatical
contentious
fanatic
insurrectionary
rabid
revolutionist
immoderate
polemical
nihilistic
ultraist
reforming
revolutionary
progressive
reformist
progressivist
revisionist
diehard
seditious
rebellious
insubordinate
insurgent
mutinous
refractory
recusant
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Of urgent interest or importance
burning
critical
urgent
pressing
imperative
crucial
important
vital
acute
essential
dire
exigent
compelling
significant
clamant
importunate
emergent
major
pivotal
imperious
necessitous
crying
pertinent
prevalent
relevant
active
clamorous
current
topical
contemporary
instant
climacteric
lively
live
of interest
more ❯
Adjective
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Deviating from mainstream or accepted opinion or dogma
heretical
dissenting
nonconformist
dissident
heterodox
unorthodox
unconventional
dissentient
iconoclastic
maverick
nonorthodox
renegade
schismatic
disagreeing
separatist
revisionist
freethinking
differing
scepticalUK
skepticalUS
paynim
recreant
deviating
dissentive
out-there
discordant
conflicting
polemical
clashing
breakaway
more ❯
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controversial affair
controversial case
controversial issue
controversialist
controversialists
controversialities
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contronym
control yourself
control variables
control variable
control valve
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