Words and phrases that have a meaning related to contentiousness: (124 results)
Often used in the same context:
rancor, acrimony, discord, animosity, partisanship, antagonism, disagreements, dissension, bitterness, ugliness, cordiality, hostility, disputation, negativity, mistrust, unpleasantness, touchiness, tension, cynicism, nebulousness, unhappiness, angst, uncertainty, sturm und drang, bickering, controversy, distrust, nastiness, peevishness, infighting, frustration, civility, unsettledness, negativism, defensiveness, chumminess, confusion, spats, strife, friction, bedevilment, quarrels, collegiality, vitriol, exasperation, contretemps, polarization, squabbles, debate, testiness, discontentment, dissonance, gamesmanship, awkwardness, wrangling, discussion, consternation, unanimity, disquietude, ambiguity, reticence, dissatisfaction, impatience, nervousness, pessimism, unsettlement, uneasiness, meanness, haggling, ambivalence, schisms, subjectivity, strangeness, emotionalism, prickliness, silliness, obstreperousness, weariness, shrillness, craziness, incivility, feuding, unease, perplexity, sidedness, dichotomy, sourness, discourse, irrationality, detente, hullaballoo, levity, wariness, impasse, polemics, vituperation, unreality, vehemence, stalemates, hesitance, politicking, inconclusiveness, extravagance, frivolity, selfishness, arbitrariness, arrogance, credulity, egotism, prejudice, stubbornness, artificiality, cleverness, complacency, effervescence, malignity, restlessness
More specific:
truculence, truculency
More general:
disagreeableness
Synonyms:
Also try:aggressiveness, belligerence, pugnacity, quarrelsomeness
— Adjectives for contentiousness: political, such, mere, natural, human, very, sheer, own, general, social, more, more...
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