disputatious

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

adjective inclined or showing an inclination to dispute or disagree, even to engage in law suits

From disputation, equivalent to disputati(on) + -ous.

But he was possessed of an irascible temper, and was naturally disputatious. — Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, Complete, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson) Grant
The sixth tetralogy commences with the Euthydemus, or the Disputatious Man, a distinctive dialogue. — The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers, Diogenes Laertius
There was a busy, bustling, disputatious tone about it, instead of the accustomed phlegm and drowsy tranquillity. — The Short-story, Unknown

contentious, combative, disputative, litigious

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