Contentious synonyms | phrases

Phrases with similar meaning for Contentious

• hot-tempered
• ill-tempered
• open to question

  controversial
• trigger-happy
• quick-tempered
• in opposition

  unaffiliated
• self-styled

  unaffiliated
• at issue
• open to discussion
• in dispute
• open to debate

  controversial
• ill-humored
• bad-tempered
• cat-and-dog
• under discussion
• short-tempered
• ill-natured
• fire-eating
• self-assertive
• at loggerheads
• fire eating
• hot-button
• fault-finding
• spoiling for a fight
• open to doubt
• out of sorts
• ill-disposed
• up in arms
• ready to fight
• under arms
• easily offended
• out of humor
• thin-skinned
• have chip on shoulder
• chip on shoulder
• have a bone to pick
• itching to fight
• sub judice
• on the outs
• have bone to pick
• in arms
• open discussion
• bad tempered
• hot-blooded
• ill-conditioned
• up in the air
• in contention
• rabble-rousing
• border line
• two-fisted