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Disputatious

Disputatious Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Disputatious? [adj] 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" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Disputatious: argumentative \| contentious \| disputative \| litigious Related Terms \| Find terms related to Disputatious: aggressive \| argumental \| argumentative \| bellicose \| belligerent \| bickering \| cat-and-dog \| cat-and-doggish \| combative \| complaining \| contentious \| controversial \| dialectic \| disputing \| dissentient \| dissenting \| divisive \| eristic \| factional \| factious \| fractious \| ill-humored \| irascible \| irritable \| litigious \| logomachic \| noncooperative \| objecting \| obstructive \| on the barricades \| partisan \| pilpulistic \| polarizing \| polemic \| polemical \| pro and con \| proof against \| protesting \| pugnacious \| quarrelsome \| rebellious \| recalcitrant \| refractory \| reluctant \| renitent \| repellent \| resistant \| resisting \| resistive \| retardant \| retardative \| scrappy \| shrewish \| uncooperative \| unsubmissive \| unyielding \| up in arms \| withstanding \| wrangling See Also \| Disputatious In Webster's Dictionary \Dis`puta"tious\, a. Inclined to dispute; apt to civil or controvert; characterized by dispute; as, a disputatious person or temper. The Christian doctrine of a future life was no recommendation of the new religion to the wits and philosophers of that disputations period. --Buckminster. -- {Dis`puta"tiously}, adv. -- {Dis`puta"tious*ness}, n.

Disputatious Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Disputatious?

[adj] 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"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Disputatious: argumentative | contentious | disputative | litigious

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Disputatious In Webster's Dictionary

\Dis`pu*ta"tious\, a.
Inclined to dispute; apt to civil or controvert;
characterized by dispute; as, a disputatious person or
temper.

      The Christian doctrine of a future life was no
      recommendation of the new religion to the wits and
      philosophers of that disputations period.
                                               --Buckminster.
-- {Dis`pu*ta"tious*ly}, adv. -- {Dis`pu*ta"tious*ness}, n.

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