controversial

adj.

1. Of, producing, or marked by controversy: a controversial movie; a controversial stand on human rights.
2. Fond of controversy; disputatious.

controversialist con'tro·ver'sial·ist n.
controversiality con'tro·ver'si·al'i·ty (-shē-ăl'ĭ-tē, -sē-) n.
controversially con'tro·ver'sial·ly adv.

adj

Definition: at issue
Antonyms: agreeable, incontrovertible, peaceful, uncontroversial, undisputed, undoubted, unquestionable

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IN BRIEF: Debatable; not universally believed.

The mayor's new ideas were very controversial.

Common misspelling(s) of controversial

• contravercial
• controvercial

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - kontroversiel, polemisk, modsætningsfyldt

Nederlands (Dutch)
geruchtmakend, controversieel, tegendraads, omstreden

Français (French)
adj. - controversé

Deutsch (German)
adj. - kontrovers, umstritten, streitsüchtig

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - επίμαχος, αμφιλεγόμενος

Italiano (Italian)
controverso, clamoroso

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - polêmico

Русский (Russian)
спорный, противоречивый, нашумевший

Español (Spanish)
adj. - controvertible, discutible, polémico

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - omtvistad, polemisk, strids-, stridslysten, kontroversiell

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
争论的, 被议论的, 论争的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 爭論的, 被議論的, 論爭的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 논쟁의 여지가 있는, 물의를 일으키는

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 議論の, 議論好きな

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) مثير للجدل أو الخلاف‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮שנוי במחלוקת, וכחני, פולמוסי‬

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