Translations for „disputatious“ in the English » German Dictionary

dis·pu·ta·tious [ˌdɪspjʊˈteɪʃəs, Am -ˈspju:-] ADJ form dated

disputatious

streitsüchtig

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English

He developed a reputation locally for being disputatious; one neighbor described him as a tiger for a temper and always in a row.

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But his irregular conduct, scandalous writings, and disputatious temper soon drove him from the city.

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Disputatious and violent, he was involved in a number of duels and died by falling down stairs.

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Regardless of pedigree or profile, an overbearing, disputatious or thoughtless newcomer can quickly disrupt the workings of the most effective, high-functioning board.

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In their ignorance they are by nature quarrelsome, wrangling, and disputatious, each maintaining reality is thus and thus.

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I'm all for a fluid and disputatious canon, but you can't even have the flow and argument without something to debate.

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He was angry, disputatious, sometimes violent.

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The fathers proved they had much to teach their disputatious sons.

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But they were disputatious daily and unstable week by week.

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There is a baffling array of clergymen, all with differing and disputatious points of view and very little in the way of individual character.

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