W: (adj) controversial [Related to: controversy] (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"
W: (adj) contentious [Related to: contention] (involving or likely to cause controversy) "a central and contentious element of the book"- Tim W.Ferfuson
W: (adj) contentious [Related to: contention] (inclined or showing an inclination to dispute or disagree, even to engage in law suits) "a style described as abrasive and contentious"; "a disputatious lawyer"; "a litigious and acrimonious spirit"
W: (v) contend [Related to: contention] (to make the subject of dispute, contention, or litigation) "They contested the outcome of the race"
W: (v) contest [Related to: contestation] (to make the subject of dispute, contention, or litigation) "They contested the outcome of the race"
W: (v) dispute [Related to: disputation] (have a disagreement over something) "We quarreled over the question as to who discovered America"; "These two fellows are always scrapping over something"
S: (n) tilt (a slight but noticeable partiality) "the court's tilt toward conservative rulings"
S: (n) tilt, list, inclination, lean, leaning (the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical) "the tower had a pronounced tilt"; "the ship developed a list to starboard"; "he walked with a heavy inclination to the right"