Contentious and Unbelligerent

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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

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Unbelligerent is an antonym for contentious.

Nearby Word: contention

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Contentious is an antonym for unbelligerent.

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Unbelligerent and Contentious. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 08, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/contentious/unbelligerent

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