| 单词 | disputatious |
| 释义 | disputatious (once / 26383 pages) adj If you're always looking for a fight, consider yourself disputatious. However, disputatious is more appropriate for the head of the debate team rather than the playground bully. Disputatious is a somewhat old-fashioned term now. In every day speech we'd probably use a dozen more colorful words, many not printable here. The one area where it does live on is in the legal sphere — two battling parties are often said to be disputatious. And, in fact, an extreme form of being disputatious often involves frequently taking people to court, or being litigious. Only lawyers love disputatious, litigious people. WORD FAMILYdisputatious: disputatiously+/disputable: disputably, indisputable, undisputable/disputant: disputants/disputation: disputations/disputative: disputatively/dispute: disputable, disputant, disputation, disputatious, disputative, disputed, disputes, disputing/disputed: undisputed/indisputable: indisputability, indisputably/undisputable: undisputably/undisputed: undisputedly USAGE EXAMPLESThese exchanges, Beam writes, “were achingly serious and gloriously silly, catnip for editors who liked sprightly ‘knocking copy,’ as the British call disputatious texts.” Slate(Dec 20, 2016) Perhaps only the disputatious by nature would contest the designation. Washington Post(Nov 05, 2016) Kolkata is an intellectual, disputatious city, and over the years, voices from the right and the left have expressed ambivalence about Mother Teresa’s work. New York Times(Sep 04, 2016) adj inclined or showing an inclination to dispute or disagree, even to engage in law suits a disputatious lawyer Syn combative, contentious, disputative, litigious argumentative given to or characterized by argument |
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