contentious - Longman Dictionary

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishcontentiouscon‧ten‧tious /kənˈtenʃəs/ ○○○ adjective 1 DISAGREEcausing a lot of argument and disagreement ... contentiousFromLongmanDictionaryofContemporaryEnglishcontentiouscon‧ten‧tious/kənˈtenʃəs/●○○adjective    1DISAGREEcausingalotofargumentanddisagreementbetweenpeopleSYNcontroversialcontentiousissue/area/subjectetc  Animalwelfaredidnotbecomeacontentiousissueuntilthelate1970s.2ARGUEsomeonewhoiscontentiousoftenargueswithpeopleSYNargumentative—contentiouslyadverbExamplesfromtheCorpuscontentious•Inliquorhebecamesullenandcontentious.•Oneparticularlycontentiousareainthefieldofhealthandsafetyisthevaluationofhumanlifeitself.•Itseemsreasonabletosupposethattheyshouldbe,ifthecontentiousareaofimaginativeliteratureisruledout.•Evenadecadeago,thatwouldhavebeenacontentiousassertion.•thecontentiousissueofarmssalestonon-democraticcountries•Loggingonpubliclandsisacontentiousissue.•WithsomuchhypesurroundingtheInternetanditspotentialforcommercialopportunities,marketresearchhasbeenacontentiousissue.•Hewasintimatelyinvolvedwithmanyofthemostcontentiousissuesinthethreeyearsofdesignandconstruction.contentiousissue/area/subjectetc•Creatinganeconomicassetintheformofaparentaldividendwouldobviouslyuptheanteinthesekindsofcontentiousissues.•MichaelScottdescribesthepracticalproposalsputforwardinanewreportonthiscontentiousissue.•Smogandacidrain,waterpollutionandsewagedisposal,damsandriver-flowswillbecomeevermorecontentiousissues.•Themostcontentiousissueintheearlydaysofthesecondsessionwasthecollegialityofbishops.•Oneparticularlycontentiousareainthefieldofhealthandsafetyisthevaluationofhumanlifeitself.•Hewasintimatelyinvolvedwithmanyofthemostcontentiousissuesinthethreeyearsofdesignandconstruction.•Anothercontentiousissueiswhethertherevisionsthemselvesarelegalsincetheywerepassedwithoutnotificationtotheopposition.•UDCs:gainersandlosersOneofthemostcontentiousissuessurroundingUDCsisthatofgainersandlosers. Quizzes Quizzes Takeourquickquizzestopractiseyourvocabulary. Wehavethousandsofsix-questionquizzestotry. Choosefromcollocations,synonyms,phrasalverbsandmore. Picturesoftheday Whatarethese? Clickonthepicturestocheck. Exploretopics School Airforce Mechanical Water Seealltopics Wordoftheday egotistical someonewhoisegotisticallikestotalkabouthowgreatandimportanttheythinktheyare