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disputatious

/dis-pyoo-tey-shuhs/US // ˌdɪs pyʊˈteɪ ʃəs //UK // (ˌdɪspjʊˈteɪʃəs) //

争议性,争论不休,争议性的,争议

Related Words

cantankerous气喘吁吁,气喘吁吁的,脾气暴躁的人,脾气暴躁的captious迷人的,掳掠,任性,束手就擒contentious争议性,有争议的,争议性的,争论controversial有争议的,争议性的,有争议性的,争论不休litigious诉讼,诉讼性,诉讼的,诉讼性的pugnacious胆大包天,胆大妄为,胆大的,胆大的人quarrelsome争吵,好争吵,争吵的,好争辩polemical争论性的,辩论性的,论战,争论性caviling凹凸不平,穴居,龋齿,空洞dissentious异见,异议,不满,不合情理

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : fond of or given to disputation; argumentative; contentious: disputatious litigants.

Synonyms & Antonyms

adj.argumentative
Synonyms
cantankerous气喘吁吁,气喘吁吁的,脾气暴躁的人,脾气暴躁的captious迷人的,掳掠,任性,束手就擒caviling凹凸不平,穴居,龋齿,空洞contentious争议性,有争议的,争议性的,争论controversial有争议的,争议性的,有争议性的,争论不休dissentious异见,异议,不满,不合情理litigious诉讼,诉讼性,诉讼的,诉讼性的polemical争论性的,辩论性的,论战,争论性pugnacious胆大包天,胆大妄为,胆大的,胆大的人quarrelsome争吵,好争吵,争吵的,好争辩

Examples

  • There was a busy, bustling, disputatious tone about it, instead of the accustomed phlegm and drowsy tranquillity.

  • It's simply impossible for me to 'belong' to this quarrelsome, hostile, disputatious, and deservedly infamous group.

  • The pronunciation of the word puzzles the visitor, and even the natives grow gently disputatious on the subject.

  • I believe one great source of our concord is, that neither he nor I are disputatious, which is not the case with any of them.

  • He says that the Sophist is a disputatious man who challenges every one for speaking falsehood.

  • But the wisdom of the Greeks was professional and disputatious, and thus most adverse to the investigation of truth.

  • He is generally arrogant, disputatious, autocratic, and ambitious.

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