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Contentious Adj Quarrelsome Disagreeing Violently Referees Ruling Coach

Word contentious
Part of Speech ADJ.
Definition quarrelsome.
Sentence Disagreeing violently with the referees' ruling, the coach became so contentious that they threw him out of the game.

Tags: psat, hf

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