controversial

Plural: controversials

Adjective

• marked by or capable of arousing controversy
  • "the issue of the death penalty is highly controversial"
  • "Rushdie's controversial book"
  • "a controversial decision on affirmative action"

Adj

• Arousing or likely to arouse controversy.
• Engaging in or given to controversy; disputatious, argumentative.

Noun

• Someone or something (such as a matter or an argument) that is controversial.

Synonyms

contentious, contested

Antonyms

incontrovertible, non-controversial, noncontroversial, uncontroversial

Related Words

controversialist, controversiality, controversy, controvert, controverter, controvertible, debatable, disputable, disputatious, polemical