CONTROVERSIAL Synonyms

• given to or characterized by argument

• of or relating to confrontation

• open to doubt or debate

• open to argument or debate

• capable of being disproved

• exquisitely fine and subtle and pleasing; susceptible to injury

• marked by great skill especially in meticulous technique

• easily broken or damaged or destroyed

• easily hurt

• developed with extreme delicacy and subtlety

• difficult to handle; requiring great tact

• of an instrument or device; capable of registering minute differences or changes precisely

• capable of being disproved

• open to argument or debate

• dissenting (especially dissenting with the majority opinion)

• of or involving dispute or controversy

• open to doubt or debate

• making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe

• serving or tending to provoke, excite, or stimulate; stimulating discussion or exciting controversy

• intentionally arousing sexual desire

• responsive to physical stimuli

• being susceptible to the attitudes, feelings, or circumstances of others

• able to feel or perceive

• someone who serves as an intermediary between the living and the dead

• hurting

• of or pertaining to classified information or matters affecting national security

• bristling with perplexities

• having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.

• quick to take offense

• difficult to handle; requiring great tact

• troubled persistently especially with petty annoyances

• causing difficulty in finding an answer or solution; much disputed

• disputed or made the object of contention or competition