contentious
adjective
[ kənˈtɛnʃəs ]
• causing or likely to cause an argument; controversial.
• "a contentious issue"
Similar:
controversial,
disputable,
debatable,
disputed,
contended,
open to question/debate,
moot,
vexed,
ambivalent,
equivocal,
unsure,
uncertain,
unresolved,
undecided,
unsettled,
borderline,
controvertible,
Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French contentieux, from Latin contentiosus, from content- ‘striven’, from the verb contendere .
