noun
Meaning 1
The state of being contentious.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
contentiousness
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
-
CMU ARPABET: K AH0 N T EH1 N SH AH0 S N AH0 S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
an inclination to be quarrelsome and contentious
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: quarrelsomeness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: disagreeableness
Narrower terms: litigiousness
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Latin contentiōsus Middle French contentieux English contentious Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English contentiousness From contentious + -ness.
Across languages
Translations
5 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Dutch: twist — The state of being contentious
- Finnish: kiistanalaisuus — The state of being contentious
- Gothic: 𐌸𐍂𐌰𐍃𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌻𐌸𐌴𐌹 (þrasabalþei) — The state of being contentious
- Russian: сварливость (svarlivostʹ) — The state of being contentious
- Russian: раздражительность (razdražitelʹnostʹ) — The state of being contentious