contentious
adjectiveHow many syllables in contentious?
There are 4 syllables in the word contentious.How to pronounce contentious:
Definition of contentious:
- contentious (adjective):
- tending to quarrel
- likely to cause disagreement or argument
- involving or likely to cause controversy.
Synonyms for contentious:
acidic
aggressive
agonistic
antagonistic
argumentative
assaultive
bellicose
belligerent
bickering
captious
cavilling
chippy
combative
confrontational
discordant
disputatious
disputative
factious
feisty
fierce
gladiatorial
hostile
irritable
litigious
militant
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Antonyms for contentious:
accepted
accommodating
affable
agreeable
amenable
amiable
amicable
anti-war
benign
calm
civil
complaisant
compliant
conciliatory
conflict-free
cooperative
diplomatic
easy
easy-going
even-tempered
friendly
genial
gentle
good-natured
harmless
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Here are some other common 4-syllable words.
- prerogative
- expatriate
- operetta
- multiplicand
- condolences
- insolently
- transferable
- coalescing
- replenishment
- literally
- atrocity
- absurdity
- mathematics
- unswervingly
- viridescent
- comprehensive
- meditative
- discontented
- gratefulness
- providential
- disorganised
- detestation
- mythologize
- symbolism
- munificent
- telegenic
- apocryphal
- establishment
- nonjudgmental
- persistently
- believable
- terrifying
- treacherously
- communally
- exultation
- felicitous
- undeserving
- solicitate
- infallible
- unassuming
- boisterously
- punctually
- awakening
- reimbursement
- unabating
- tautologous
- catapulted
- liberalize
- heroically
- senselessly
- … more
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