controversy
Meanings
Plural: controversies
Noun
- a contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement
- A debate or discussion of opposing opinions; (generally) strife.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English controversie, from Old French controversie, from Latin contrōversia (“debate, contention, controversy”), from contrōversus (“turned in an opposite direction”).
Synonyms
altercation, arguing, argument, argy-bargy, barney, bawl out, blue, bobbery, brawl, clash, conflict, contention, contestation, controversy, debate, difference, ding-dong, disagreement, disceptation, discordance, disharmony, disputation, dispute, dissonance, disunion, dustup, face-off, falling out, feud, fight, flite, hassle, quarrel, quibble, row, spat, squabble, tangle, threap, tiff, tilt, wrangle
Scrabble Score: 19
controversy is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL wordcontroversy is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
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