All 6 Uses of
contentious
in
East of Eden
- "Samuel," she said, "you're the most contentious man this world has ever seen."
Chpt 22 *contentious = argumentative
- "He's a sweet husband," she said aloud, "but contentious.†
Chpt 22
- You've taken a contentious game and made an answer of it.†
Chpt 22
- "Contentious," said Samuel.†
Chpt 24
- Liza says I am contentious, but now I'm caught in a web of my children—and I think I like it.†
Chpt 24
- And Liza said with her dreadful simplicity, "You're already pushed by your own contentiousness.†
Chpt 32contentiousness = tendency to cause disagreement
Definition:
causing or likely to cause disagreement; or argumentative