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Significados de contentious em inglês

Inclined or showing an inclination to dispute or disagree, even to engage in law suits.

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Tending to argument or strife.

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Examples for "belligerent"
Examples for "belligerent"
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He became belligerent when security guards asked him to leave, police said.
Reuters
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There was no basis for a belligerent response, State Department spokesman P.J.
Reuters
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When Harris spoke, his words were more measured but just as belligerent.
Serena
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The several notes between the United States and the belligerent Governments follow.
New York Times Current History: The European War, Vol 2, No. 1, ...
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Yet surely this staunch, belligerent effort should be applauded rather than cursed.
The Guardian
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The thin, quarrelsome voice of Silas Blackburn echoed in the mouldy court.
The Abandoned Room
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He walks not in religion in a quarrelsome spirit.-Questionsof King Milinda.
The Essence of Buddhism
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This was the last of the quarrelsome cabinet sessions recorded by Jefferson.
Washington and his colleagues; a chronicle of the rise and fall ...
4
These groups had always been awkward and quarrelsome and difficult to organize.
The End of Man?
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That could make them quarrelsome about everything, Zelandoni Who Was First said.
The Shelters of Stone

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Uso de contentious em inglês
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It passed contentious legislation earlier this year - the Metadata Retention Law.
Radio NZ
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However, any objective view of history makes this an endlessly contentious exercise.
The Irish Times
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Yet in this year's contentious Republican debate season, that's exactly what's happened.
Reuters
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The question of alternatives to SF6 has been contentious over recent years.
BBC
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However, Malema's right-hand-man also used a highly-contentious term in his stinging retort.
The South African
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The other highly contentious inclusion was David Cronenberg's A History of Violence.
The Irish Times
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Pay levels for chief executives of State bodies have long been contentious.
The Irish Times
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The contentious legislation passed its final hurdle to become law last night.
Radio NZ
9
Immigration is a live and contentious issue right across the European Union.
BBC
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The new policy has come together after contentious meetings within the administration.
Reuters
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This decision means the marchers will avoid the contentious lower Ormeau Road.
The Irish Times
12
Although 19 states now allow same-sex marriage, it remains highly contentious elsewhere.
The Guardian
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He addressed the contentious debate of the day without even being asked.
The Irish Times
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Graham Satchell reports from Somerset where the issue of dredging remains contentious.
BBC
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The debate that gold is an alternative currency continues to be contentious.
Reuters
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However, what we've seen in the Eastern Cape is even more contentious.
The South African
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