Associations to the word «Contentious»

Wiktionary

CONTENTIOUS, adjective. Marked by heated arguments or controversy.
CONTENTIOUS, adjective. Given to struggling with others out of jealousy or discord.

Dictionary definition

CONTENTIOUS, adjective. Inclined or showing an inclination to dispute or disagree, even to engage in law suits; "a style described as abrasive and contentious"; "a disputatious lawyer"; "a litigious and acrimonious spirit".
CONTENTIOUS, adjective. Involving or likely to cause controversy; "a central and contentious element of the book"- Tim W.Ferfuson.

Wise words

Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at least to the limit of one's will. Virtue, good, evil are nothing but words, unless one takes them apart in order to build something with them; they do not win their true meaning until one knows how to apply them.
Paul Gauguin