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Contentious :: Contentious (a.) Fond of contention; given to angry debate; provoking dispute or contention; quarrelsome.

Makebate :: Makebate (n.) One who excites contentions and quarrels.

Contention :: Contention (n.) A point maintained in an argument, or a line of argument taken in its support; the subject matter of discussion or strife; a position taken or contended for..

Struggler :: Struggle (n.) Contest; contention; strife.

Strived :: Strive (n.) Strife; contention.

Tiff :: Tiff (n.) A fit of anger or peevishness; a slight altercation or contention. See Tift.

Debatefully :: Debatefully (adv.) With contention.

Strife :: Strife (n.) Altercation; violent contention; fight; battle.

Contest :: Contest (v. t.) To make a subject of dispute, contention, litigation, or emulation; to contend for; to call in question; to controvert; to oppose; to dispute..

Brigue :: Brigue (n.) A cabal, intrigue, faction, contention, strife, or quarrel..

Debate :: Debate (v. t.) Contention in words or arguments; discussion for the purpose of elucidating truth or influencing action; strife in argument; controversy; as, the debates in Parliament or in Congress..

Emulation :: Emulation (n.) Jea/ous rivalry; envy; envious contention.

Ruffle :: Ruffle (v. i.) To be rough; to jar; to be in contention; hence, to put on airs; to swagger..

Contek :: Contek (n.) Quarrel; contention; contest.

Contention :: Contention (n.) Strife in words; controversy; altercation; quarrel; dispute; as, a bone of contention..

Feud :: Feud (n.) A contention or quarrel; especially, an inveterate strife between families, clans, or parties; deadly hatred; contention satisfied only by bloodshed..

Debatable :: Debatable (a.) Liable to be debated; disputable; subject to controversy or contention; open to question or dispute; as, a debatable question..

Colluctation :: Colluctation (n.) A struggling; a contention.

Debateful :: Debateful (a.) Full of contention; contentious; quarrelsome.

Altercation :: Altercation (n.) Warm contention in words; dispute carried on with heat or anger; controversy; wrangle; wordy contest.

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