English to German Meaning of disputatious - disputatious

Disputatious :

disputatious

adjective

streitlustig, widerspenstig, zänkisch, streitsüchtig, mürrisch

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Definitions of disputatious in English

Adjective(1) inclined or showing an inclination to dispute or disagree, even to engage in law suits

Examples of disputatious in English

(1) We've all seen people who are bright, talented, and capable - but also blatantly insecure: disputatious , difficult, and ultimately ineffective.(2) But perhaps because revolutionaries are by nature contentious and intellectuals disputatious , it was not long before the 1903 congress was riven with disagreement, which developed into dissension and animosity.(3) The monarch was the referee of disputes, and one of the qualities that distinguished effective rulers from the rest was an ability to act tactfully when confronted by disputatious subjects.(4) To place those two disputatious lawyers side by side, even in after-life, would have been a certain recipe for conflict.(5) This, of course, is a vast improvement on those forlorn days when a few disputatious souls insisted that only soldiers had died in the war.(6) Chirac has been lofted to a pinnacle of popularity, with virtually no public dissent, even from France's normally disputatious intellectuals.(7) The political left has always been disputatious .(8) Biographer Brenda Maddox describes Rosalind as a disputatious kind of woman with some personality problems.(9) If I were to venture one observation about the difference in the actors it's that while being blessedly less disputatious than in London they also seem conditioned not to use their intuition.(10) The various choral groups that continually comment upon and sometimes mix in with the action are now more in line with the disputatious aesthetic factions of the original, and all the better for it.(11) It is one of the many places where America's policy elite is working with its customary disputatious energy to shape national strategy.(12) She wasn't going to have a man trying to rule her, or upsetting her delicate balancing act with the disputatious factions of her court and council; nor would she have a son grow up to become a focus of opposition.(13) This disputatious dozen, unexpectedly propelled to Europe on the back of a tin-pot protest group grown suddenly large, claim they will rubbish Europe and everything it stands for.(14) A more accurate portrayal than Carley's would be that of an arrogant and disputatious Soviet side insisting on extreme demands and refusing to reach an agreement based on conditions that Western leaders could responsibly have met.(15) If they persist in carrying on like this, these disputatious divorced dads will lose the sympathy vote.(16) Note for the disputatious : I make no comment on the 90-day proposal itself.

(1) disputation ::

Disput

Synonyms

Adjective

1. contentious ::

strittig

2. litigious ::

prozesssüchtig

3. combative ::

kampflustig

Antonyms

1. pacific ::

Pazifik

2. peaceable ::

friedlich

3. peaceful ::

friedlich

Different Forms

disputatious, disputatiously

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