Contentious
Contentious adjective - Feeling or displaying eagerness to fight.
Usage example: the Tartars were a contentious people who terrorized much of Asia and eastern Europe during the Middle Ages
Stroppy and contentious are semantically related. (British) In some cases you can use "Stroppy" instead an adjective "Contentious".
Nearby Word: contention
Stroppy
Contentious and stroppy are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Contentious" instead an adjective "Stroppy".
Nearby Word: stropping
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- obstreperous and contentious
- obstreperous and stroppy
- difficult and contentious
- difficult and stroppy
- contrary and contentious
- contrary and stroppy
- perverse and contentious
- perverse and stroppy
- touchy and contentious
- touchy and stroppy
- antagonistic and contentious
- antagonistic and stroppy
- truculent and contentious
- truculent and stroppy
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