English

Adjective

controversial ‎(comparative more controversial, superlative most controversial)

1. Arousing controversy—a debate or discussion of opposing opinions.
   • (Can we date this quote?) Macaulay:

     Whole libraries of controversial books.

Usage notes

• Nouns often used with "controversial": topic, subject, work, author, method, etc.

Synonyms

• contentious
• contested

Antonyms

• uncontroversial
• noncontroversial
• incontrovertible

Derived terms

• controversialness

Related terms

• controversialist
• controversiality
• controversy
• controvert
• controverter
• controvertible

Translations

See also

• disputatious
• polemical
• disputable
• controvertible
• debatable

External links

• controversial in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• controversial in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

Spanish

Adjective

controversial m, f ‎(plural controversiales)

1. controversial
   • 2015 December, “"Estamos en el comienzo de un reexamen del capitalismo"”, in El Pais (Uruguay):

     Esto comienza con los acuerdos de (protección de) inversión que han sido controversiales por cerca de veinte años.