contentiousness Definition

belligerence, aggressiveness, pugnacity, quarrelsomeness, acrimony, rancor, discord, animosity, dissension, antagonism, hostility, partisanship, infighting, strife, controversy, bitterness, disputation, mistrust, unpleasantness, confusion, impatience, ambivalence, uneasiness, disagreements, ugliness, cordiality, negativity, touchiness, tension, discordful, cynicism, nebulousness, unhappiness, angst, uncertainty, sturm und drang, bickering, distrust, nastiness, peevishness, frustration, civility, unsettledness, negativism, defensiveness, chumminess, spats, friction, bedevilment, quarrels, collegiality, vitriol, exasperation, contretemps, polarization, squabbles, debate, testiness, discontentment, dissonance, gamesmanship, awkwardness, wrangling, discussion, consternation, unanimity, disquietude, ambiguity, reticence, dissatisfaction, nervousness, pessimism, unsettlement, meanness, haggling, schisms, subjectivity, strangeness, emotionalism, prickliness, silliness, obstreperousness, weariness, shrillness, craziness, incivility, feuding, unease, perplexity, sidedness, wranglesome, dichotomy, sourness, discourse, irrationality, detente, hullaballoo, levity, wariness, impasse,