Meaning and example
inclined or showing an inclination to dispute or disagree, even to engage in law suits
A style described as abrasive and contentious
Plain-English interpretation
A prevalence score of 1.801 places contentious in the common range on this site. In practical terms, the word was recognized by about 96.9% of people in the source dataset.
Related words
Similar-prevalence words
- Known by
- 96.9%
the act of appeasing (as by acceding to the demands of)
- Known by
- 96.9%
uncertain or unable to decide about what course to follow
- Known by
- 96.8%
deviation from the normal or common order or form or rule
- Known by
- 97%
spreading or spread throughout
- Known by
- 96.8%
lacking brightness or color; dull
Source attribution
Brysbaert, M., Mandera, P., McCormick, S. F., & Keuleers, E. (2019). Word prevalence norms for 62,000 English lemmas. Behavior Research Methods, 51, 467-479.
Definitions and related terms are derived from WordNet. This page is part of the curated indexable word set.