Definitions For Contentious

adjective

  • Involving or likely to cause controversy
  • Inclined or showing an inclination to dispute or disagree, even to engage in law suits

Is Contentious a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
13
Words with Friends
17

The word Contentious is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends

Examples of Contentious in a Sentence

  • After a contentious debate, members of the committee finally voted to approve the funding.
  • The dispute involves one of the region's most contentious leaders.

Synonyms for Contentious

Antonyms for Contentious

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