Usually means: Provokes disagreement, debate, or conflict.
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  1. controversal: Merriam-Webster
  2. controversal: Wordnik
  3. controversal: Wiktionary
  4. Controversal: Dictionary.com
  5. Controversal: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  6. controversal: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  7. Controversal: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  8. controversal: FreeDictionary.org
  9. Controversal: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. Controversal: Legal dictionary

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  1. Controversal: Encyclopedia

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  1. controversal: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (controversal)

▸ adjective:  (obsolete, rare) Facing opposite directions.
▸ adjective:  (obsolete) Subject to controversy; controversial.

Similar:
controversary, controversiall, renverse, contraire, averse, cross, contrarious, adversarious, bateful, witherward, more...

Opposite:
uncontroversial, agreeable, undisputed, non-contentious

Types:
debatable, disputable, disputed, open to debate, contentious, polemical, more...



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Similar:
controversary, controversiall, renverse, contraire, averse, cross, contrarious, adversarious, bateful, witherward, more...

Opposite:
uncontroversial, agreeable, undisputed, non-contentious

Types:
debatable, disputable, disputed, open to debate, contentious, polemical, more...



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