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Adjective
▲
Of or involving dispute or controversy
controversial
argumentative
contentious
disputatious
polemical
belligerent
bold
combative
contrary
eristic
factious
fire-eating
impassioned
litigious
opinionated
outspoken
passionate
persuasive
pugnacious
quarrelsome
salty
scrappy
spiky
touchy
uncompromising
having a chip on one's shoulder
confrontational
bellicose
cantankerous
militant
on the warpath
aggers
fierce
spoiling for a fight
militaristic
hawkish
warmongering
sabre-rattling
offensive
martial
bolshie
biffo
mean
rebellious
have a bone to pick
jingoistic
provocative
active
adversarial
inimical
unfriendly
courageous
spirited
spunky
bloodthirsty
destructive
enthusiastic
contending
military
uncooperative
ardent
hot
flip
pushy
ferocious
at loggerheads
cussed
on the outs
have it in for
up in arms
ready to fight
inharmonious
hot-button
determined
plucky
adverse
disruptive
soldierly
gung-ho
battleful
inhospitable
malevolent
rough
sanguinary
attacking
litiginous
litigatious
disputable
angry
snarly
wrestling
tilting
skirmishing
self-assertive
itching to fight
assertive
vigorous
under arms
radical
ultra-active
extremist
two-fisted
extreme
forceful
combating
rational
logical
rationalistic
fanatical
embattled
zealous
warrish
revolutionary
assertory
sullen
obstreperous
dialectical
nasty
loudmouthed
in arms
rude
surly
ill-natured
unpleasant
discourteous
tough
analytic
itching
sensitive
looking for trouble
insolent
scathing
frightening
deadly
vituperous
browbeating
caustic
terrorizingUS
terrifying
intimidating
cowing
harsh
terrorisingUK
trenchant
sharp
hateful
bullying
mordacious
mordant
gutsy
peppy
gritty
frisky
mettlesome
lively
alive
energetic
bubbly
gutty
zestful
game
hearty
analytical
hot-blooded
go-getting
full-blooded
high-strung
full of pep
dialectic
more ❯
“Academic and polemic discourses.”
Adjective
▲
The practice of engaging in controversial debate or dispute
bitter
critical
hostile
polemical
acerbic
biting
caustic
corrosive
cutting
trenchant
venomous
virulent
vitriolic
waspish
acid
astringent
keen
pungent
sarcastic
sardonic
scathing
sharp
stinging
tart
acidulous
devastating
incisive
mordacious
piercing
acrimonious
vicious
searing
cruel
hurtful
savage
malicious
withering
wounding
unkind
fierce
blistering
mocking
poisonous
abrasive
hateful
rancorous
snide
unfriendly
contemptuous
vindictive
sneering
scoffing
ridiculing
taunting
scorching
rude
dry
unsparing
ferocious
maleficent
malignant
slashing
hard
brusque
malign
pernicious
brutal
ironical
malefic
unpleasant
callous
jeering
stern
derisory
malevolent
derogatory
strong
belittling
abusive
insulting
antagonistic
aggressive
offensive
splenetic
churlish
evil-intentioned
peppery
slighting
denigratory
jibing
sour
truculent
grim
curt
squint-eyed
irreverent
lampooning
baleful
piquant
resentful
chaffing
ill-natured
contumelious
clear-cut
vituperative
ornery
destructive
laconic
violent
heartless
disdainful
austere
double-edged
teasing
dismissive
detracting
pillorying
rigorous
wry
deprecatory
pitiless
backhanded
tongue-in-cheek
disapproving
crisp
vitriolous
uncomplimentary
unrelenting
backbiting
tough
inconsiderate
irritating
ridiculous
burlesque
grievous
envenomed
arrogant
spicy
farcical
smart
evil
snidey
acetic
vehement
deprecating
menacing
hate-filled
despiteful
angry
emphatic
extremely critical
galling
crabbed
bad
tangy
acetose
insinuating
grudging
cussed
dirty
terse
drilling
impertinent
strict
exacting
coarse
probing
cold
ingoing
rigid
sound
snappish
snippy
testy
short
vengeful
bilious
shrewish
overwhelming
overpowering
distressing
unblunted
ill-tempered
bad-tempered
erosive
zesty
merciless
tonic
wicked
harmful
demeaning
degrading
derogative
depreciative
detractive
decrying
pejorative
depreciatory
denigrative
savouryUK
zingy
pert
savoryUS
edged
sharp-worded
thoughtless
ungracious
stabbing
vigorous
injurious
damaging
sadistic
nauseating
grating
ruthless
wanton
highly effective
slanderous
defamatory
cold-blooded
driving
forthright
clear
parodying
humorous
paradoxical
spoof
bantering
spoofing
unfeeling
annoying
powerful
effective
blunt
explicit
distinct
contradictory
alert
atypical
clever
implausible
defiant
exaggerated
twisted
curious
quick-witted
viperous
viperish
toxicant
twitting
saucy
scurrilous
captious
needling
carping
edgy
potent
unequivocal
insensitive
unsympathetic
comfortless
weisenheiming
crushing
dripping venom
full of spleen
full of gall
accidentally on purpose
spiky
gruff
Hudibrastic
Rabelaisian
vinegary
acidulated
scathy
lousy
horrid
sly
subtle
deadpan
negative
razor-sharp
droll
hard to take
acidy
rubbing the wrong way
irascible
accurate
venomed
sourish
tartish
smarting
waggish
pertinent
apathetic
discouraging
with a kick
briny
acetous
unripe
soured
green
absurd
ludicrous
cockamamie
pathetic
silly
cockamamy
laughable
risible
comical
preposterous
matter-of-fact
straight-faced
low-key
quietly humorous
sharp-tongued
poker-faced
meaty
meaningful
right-on
short-and-sweet
legit
pregnant
insightful
dripping with malice
unhelpful
excruciating
out-of-line
flip
cocky
fresh
cheeky
crusty
gally
sassy
nervy
laid on the line
right to it
in a nutshell
on the nose
boiled down
calling a spade a spade
on the button
agonizingUS
intense
undermining
disobliging
invalidating
contrary
adverse
obstructive
awful
harrowing
terrible
intolerable
dreadful
oppressive
torturous
discrediting
vexatious
gruelingUS
tormenting
unbearable
punishing
extreme
insufferable
repressive
grave
for the birds
wrenching
painful
consuming
troublesome
racking
pounding
agonisingUK
afflicting
gruellingUK
embittered
very bad
sullen
begrudging
sore
aggrieved
hurt
disgruntled
offended
indignant
morose
discontented
wounded
dissatisfied
choked
jaundiced
miffed
peeved
piqued
peevish
petulant
with chip on shoulder
put out
hard done by
grudge-bearing
irreconcilable
with a chip on one's shoulder
crabby
ill-disposed
sulky
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Causing, or likely to cause, an argument or controversy
contentious
controversial
argumentative
debatable
disputable
disputatious
disputed
polemical
ambivalent
contended
equivocal
hot-button
moot
quarrelsome
scrappy
uncertain
unresolved
unsure
vexed
borderline
controvertible
undecided
unsettled
critical
provocative
open to debate
open to question
arguable
divisive
delicate
problematical
iffy
dodgy
open to doubt
issuable
negotiable
unclear
in doubt
ticklish
sticky
up in the air
tricky
thorny
knotty
undetermined
hairy
unconfirmed
fishy
indeterminate
chancy
indecisive
dicey
touchy
unconcluded
marginal
prickly
suspicious
perplexing
indefinite
tough
catchy
inconclusive
unreliable
queer
shaky
shady
precarious
embarrassing
vague
unproven
unestablished
open
tricksy
nasty
uncomfortable
spiny
subject to debate
unsound
spurious
mootable
flimsy
yet to be decided
ambiguous
in question
risky
clouded
uneasy
unclassifiable
paradoxical
unlikely
peripheral
frontier
bordering
inexact
ongoing
in contention
taxing
conjectural
sub judice
far from certain
unsubstantiated
weak
tenuous
troublesome
fractious
untrustworthy
speculative
unreasonable
suppositious
suppositive
unsupported
undependable
much debated
intricate
complicated
convoluted
unverified
unprovable
open to suspicion
apocryphal
undefined
complex
hard
involved
volatile
scandalous
occult
cryptic
enigmatic
obscure
hypothetical
contingent
unpredictable
nettlesome
not definite
not obvious
under advisement
under examination
hair-trigger
unknown
riddling
puzzling
on ice
not yet established
a moot point
a controversial subject
a live issue
a matter of opinion
bone of contention
on the back burner
betwixt and between
touch and go
the jury's out
up for discussion
between sixes and sevens
between rock and hard place
more ❯
Noun
▲
A strong verbal or written attack on someone or something
attack
diatribe
invective
rant
denouncement
denunciation
tirade
admonishment
brickbats
broadside
condemnation
criticism
harangue
abuse
admonition
argument
castigation
controversy
debate
dispute
philippic
rebuke
reprimand
reproof
reproval
stricture
tongue-lashing
blast
knocking
slating
upbraiding
verbal onslaught
stream of abuse
stick
slamming
opprobrium
excoriation
fault-finding
slagging off
chastisement
aspersion
smear
verbal
knock
animadversion
derogation
rap
backbiting
slam
reprobation
objurgation
roast
hit
nitpicking
put down
hostility
disapprobation
depreciation
detraction
belittlement
critique
verbal attack
objection
remonstrance
chiding
bad-mouthing
slap
sledge
pan
backstabbing
faultfinding
mud-slinging
carping
cavillingUK
cavil
cavilingUS
critical remark
verbal disapproval
nit-picking
commination
complaints
jab
mocking comment
opposition
ridicule
discredit
disputation
riot act
telling off
scorn
belittling
disdain
lessening
degradation
debasement
deprecation
contempt
lambasting
mocking
diminishment
sideswipes
complaint
aggravation
hassle
underestimation
a bad press
put-down
prejudice
dig
putdown
punishment
cutting remark
slandering
venom
malice
evil-speaking
a bawling-out
a bollocking
a wigging
a rocket
an earful
a row
a caning
a bashing
a rollicking
critical remarks
a roasting
spitefulness
slurs
spite
fulminations
rubbishing
cattiness
scandalmongering
scandal
muckraking
dirt
examen
quibble
mauling
verbal abuse
savaging
takedown
arraignment
notice
captiousness
libelingUS
aspersing
libellingUK
maligning
smearing
vilifying
traducing
cut
call down
bad notice
aftertale
slime
lie
defaming
blackening
rumourUK
malicious gossip
dirty laundry
false light
tittle-tattle
rumourmongeringUK
fake news
false report
smear campaign
defamation of character
low-down dirty
rumorUS
rumormongeringUS
mud
black eye
dump
slagging-off
slap in face
cheap shot
more ❯
“But it is a better book for not being a polemic against the excesses of the British in India.”
Noun
▲
An argument or controversy, or the state of such
argument
contention
debate
dispute
altercation
argumentation
controversy
discussion
disputation
contestation
wrangling
beef
bicker
bickering
blowup
bone
brannigan
brawl
brush
clash
difficulty
disagreement
discourse
donnybrook
dustup
exchange
face-off
feud
fight
flap
fuss
go
hassle
quarrel
rhubarb
romp
row
ruckus
ruction
rumpus
run-in
scene
scrap
set-to
shindy
spat
squabble
static
stew
tiff
words
wrangle
bone of contention
bone to pick
difference of opinion
knock down and drag out
dust-up
tussle
affray
ruck
skirmish
battle
fray
confrontation
melee
bunfight
tangle
free-for-all
rumble
scuffle
combat
struggle
riot
threap
collieshangie
difference
stand-up
discord
encounter
tracasseries
tracasserie
scrimmage
fisticuffs
falling out
scrum
punch-up
tumult
scrape
engagement
friction
biffo
war
rough-and-tumble
breach
go-round
split
bit of argy-bargy
hostility
rift
trouble
dogfight
passage of arms
bout
rupture
duel
rivalry
competition
swedge
passage at arms
division
vendetta
schism
estrangement
dissent
angry exchange
disorder
collision
head-to-head
match
roughhouse
upset
yike
objection
boilover
duke out
showdown
ill feeling
tantrum
huff
alienation
problem
fit
clamourUK
clamorUS
separation
turmoil
slugfest
dissidence
dialogueUK
knock-down-drag-out
talk
dialogUS
action
break
joust
chat
palaver
confab
confabulation
parley
warfare
tug-of-war
sweep-stake
sweepstakes
grapple
meeting
antagonism
animosity
sparring match
fighting
rencounter
exchange of blows
outrage
stoush
scrabble
throes
convo
ventilation
verbal fight
physical encounter
rough and tumble
square go
heart-to-heart
ball game
to-do
chit-chat
bull session
give-and-take
skull session
conflict of interest
peeve
snarl
scandal
ugliness
argol-bargol
acrimonious exchange
variance
talking-to
bloodletting
bother
hoedown
stooshie
polemics
temper
blow-off
bangarang
whirl
try
wax
pet
sulk
fist fight
aggro
grudge
enmity
go-around
foulie
knock-down drag-out
clash of views
banter
negotiation
smackdown
kerfuffle
ruffle
sharp words
armed conflict
crisis
pitched battle
intense battle
fierce contest
ill humour
petty quarrel
faction
bad mood
fit of pique
bad vibes
sour note
crossed wires
mix up
disunion
gulf
severance
warring
hostilities
incident
jarring
unpleasantness
nasty fight
fit of ill humour
heated discussion
clashing
opposition
tension
breach of the peace
race
chasm
divergence
back and forth
disapproval
dust
catfight
complaint
violence
round
hissy
explosion
obstacle
hurdle
irreconcilable difference
shock
striving
emulation
disaffection
parting
wrestling match
wrestling bout
power struggle
high noon
boxing match
tug of war
bad blood
prize fight
scission
ill will
protest
quarrels
break-up
parting of the ways
sticking point
matter at hand
grounds for war
sore point
issue
point in question
apple of discord
tender spot
hissy fit
fury
effusion
conference
deliberation
consultation
colloquy
symposium
seminar
negotiations
review
talks
consideration
converse
counsel
consult
rap
interlocution
council
groupthink
meet
interview
huddle
adda
korero
more ❯
Noun
▲
A strong verbal or written attack on someone or something
harangue
philippic
rant
screed
tirade
diatribe
speech
passage
slab
lecture
address
declamation
oration
homily
broadside
exhortation
talk
criticism
admonition
peroration
invective
censure
spiel
sermon
reproval
berating
fulmination
admonishment
jeremiad
tongue-lashing
obloquy
verbal onslaught
verbal attack
spouting
scolding
hassle
condemnation
discourse
pep talk
chewing out
reading out
Noun
▲
A person who writes in support of one opinion, doctrine, or system, in opposition to another
controversialist
disputant
polemicist
pundit
talking head
Noun
▲
A reason or set of reasons given in support of an idea, action or theory
argument
case
reasoning
assertion
logic
claim
contention
reason
argumentation
explanation
rationale
defenceUK
expostulation
grounds
issue
questioning
vindication
account
accounting
evidence
excuse
justification
rationalisationUK
rationalizationUS
reasons
thesis
declaration
demonstration
dialectic
plea
apology
defenseUS
pleading
proof
line of reasoning
statement
presentation
proclamation
postulation
appeal
petition
exposition
expounding
basis
premise
hypothesis
pretext
supposition
proposition
theory
story
apologia
motive
presumption
cause
assumption
thought
extenuation
mitigation
alibi
why and wherefore
postulate
surmise
presupposition
belief
deduction
idea
foundation
motivation
thinking
wherefore
speculation
conjecture
sense
song and dance
palliation
why
point
principle
subject
validation
underpinning
syllogism
inducement
whitewash
whys and wherefores
ground
factor
authority
concept
philosophy
ratiocination
datum
reckoning
answer
rationality
premiss
expedient
opinion
posit
occasion
raison d'être
line
remonstrance
fish story
process of reasoning
cop-out
chain of reasoning
allegation
analysis
theorem
warrant
apologetics
interpretation
antecedent
given
hypothetical
if
intellection
cerebration
cogitation
view
whyfor
whatfor
advocacy
support
exoneration
exculpation
guess
notion
proposal
calculation
dialectics
wisdom
mentation
approval
hunch
footing
suspicion
apriorism
rationalisingUK
rationalizingUS
syllogization
logical basis
pretenceUK
thought process
evasion
front
position
line of thought
cover
supposal
stab
coverup
train of thought
routine
disguise
subterfuge
fabrication
pretenseUS
cover-up
logical thought
cover story
mitigating circumstances
get-out
ostensible reason
backup
apologism
apologetic
meaning
groundwork
connection
confession
call
base
bedrock
model
system
elaboration
structure
prologism
feeling
sake
good sense
school of thought
the why and wherefore
action
suit
deductive reasoning
fish tale
right
out
absolution
thoughts
judgementUK
theme
topic
endorsement
explication
understanding
presentiment
outlook
impression
judgmentUS
deposition
auditing
sour grapes
whitewashing
palliative
acquittal
copout
guesswork
provision
just cause
text
matter
promotion
excusing
explaining
response
the big idea
the whole idea
protestation
report
contestation
sentiment
jive
apologisingUK
retort
apologizingUS
return
cleanup
testimony
accountancy
calculating
bookkeeping
computing
book-keeping
superstructure
representation
complaint
protest
submission
line of argument
preconception
whole idea
prediction
accepting
acceptance
expectation
shot
assuming
fancy
inference
prejudgement
preconceived notion
theorization
preconceived idea
shot in the dark
sneaking suspicion
balancing the books
goal
purpose
intention
aim
incentive
impetus
objective
end
target
design
object
causation
causality
instigation
source
genesis
origin
driver
inspiration
causal agent
driving force
principal element
chief ingredient
more ❯
Noun
▲
A person who writes polemics
polemicist
activist
campaigner
debater
essayist
lecturer
orator
speaker
thinker
polemist
satirist
writer
propagandist
publicist
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