controversies
Meaning of controversies
- prolonged public disagreement or heated discussion.
the design of the building has caused controversy
the announcement ended a protracted controversy
late Middle English: from Latin controversia, from controversus ‘turned against, disputed’, from contro- (variant of contra- ‘against’) + versus, past participle of vertere ‘to turn’.
Information about controversies
- It is a name.
- The singular form of controversies is: controversy.
- Languages in which controversies is used:
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Hyphenation of controversies
con-tro-ver-sies
- It consists of 4 syllables and 13 chars.
- controversies is a word polysyllabic because it has four or more syllables
controversies synonyms
Meaning lack of consensus or approval:
Meaning a disagreement or argument:
Meaning an exchange of diverging or opposite views, typically a heated or angry one:
Meaning a formal discussion on a particular matter in a public meeting or legislative assembly, in which opposing arguments are put forward and which usually ends with a vote:
Meaning disagreement that leads to discord:
Meaning heated disagreement:
Meaning debate or argument:
Meaning a noisy argument or disagreement, especially in public:
Meaning a dispute or argument, typically one that is long and complicated:
Meaning a heated argument or disagreement, typically about a trivial issue and between people who are usually on good term:
Meaning a noisy quarrel about something trivial:
Meaning a tumultuous reaction; an uproar or controversy:
Meaning engagement in a long, complicated dispute or argument:
Meaning have a heated argument or disagreement:
Meaning quarrel noisily over a trivial matter:
Meaning argue about petty and trivial matters:
Meaning a strong verbal or written attack on someone or something:
Meaning a number of people or things in a more or less straight line:
Meaning a slight skirmish or controversy:
controversies antonyms
Meaning harmony or accordance in opinion or feeling:
Meaning an official agreement or treaty:
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