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Search phrase: contentious

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King LearKL III.iv.6Thou think'st 'tis much that this contentious stormThou think'st 'tis much that this contentious storme
The TempestTem II.i.120'Bove the contentious waves he kept, and oared'Boue the contentious waues he kept, and oared
The Two Noble KinsmenTNK V.iii.125With their contentious throats, now one the higher,With their contentious throates, now one the higher,

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chop logiccontentious arguer, disputatious wretch
chopped logiccontentious arguer, disputatious wretch
contentioushostile, belligerent, quarrelsome
litigiousquarrelsome, contentious, marred by disputes
scamblingcontentious, rough, quarrelsome, turbulent
unpeaceablequarrelsome, contentious, noisily argumentative

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arguer, contentiouschopped logic
contentiousunpeaceable
contentiouslitigious
contentiousscambling
contentious arguerchopped logic

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