Word of the Day: CONTENTIOUS

Disputatious or disagreeable

contentious (adj) - argumentative or quarrelsome; involving or inviting disagreement or strife [kuhn-ten-shuhs]

BREAKDOWN: CON- (completely) + TENS- (stretch) + -IOUS (full of)

• contention is an act, state, or process of opposition, competition, or controversy

See also: ostensible, pretentious, tendentious, tenuous

“Great wisdom is generous; petty wisdom is contentious. Great speech is impassioned, small speech cantankerous.” —Zhuangzi