Contentious
Contentious adjective - Feeling or displaying eagerness to fight.
Seditious and contentious are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Seditious" instead an adjective "Contentious".
Nearby Word: contention
Seditious
Seditious adjective - Tending to excite political disorder or insurrection.
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Synonyms for Seditious
Contentious and seditious are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Contentious" instead an adjective "Seditious".
Nearby Word: sedition
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Related pairs
- passionate and contentious
- passionate and seditious
- obstreperous and contentious
- obstreperous and seditious
- defiant and contentious
- defiant and seditious
- turbulent and contentious
- turbulent and seditious
- violent and contentious
- violent and seditious
- fractious and contentious
- fractious and seditious
- unfriendly and contentious
- unfriendly and seditious
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