controversial
adjective
, -ˈvər-sē-əl\
Definition of controversial
Keep scrolling for more
Other Words from controversial
, -sē-ə-ˌli- \
noun
, -sē-ə-list \
noun
Synonyms & Antonyms for controversial
Synonyms
argumentative, contentious, disputatious, hot-button, polemical (also polemic)
Antonyms
noncontroversial, safe, uncontroversial
Visit the Thesaurus for More
Examples of controversial in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web
Michigan Mom Is Jailed for 7 Days After Refusing to Vaccinate 9-Year-Old Son Myth: The Flu Vaccine Causes Autism in Children Perhaps the most controversial of the myths surrounding the flu shot are claims that the vaccine causes autism in children. — Char Adams, PEOPLE.com, "Should I Get a Flu Shot Already? Everything You Need to Know About the Vaccine," 5 Sep. 2019 Another piece of the multi-cloud strategy is a more controversial project known as JEDI, or Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure. — David Z. Morris, Fortune, "General Dynamics Wins $7.6 Billion Contract to Supply Microsoft Office Software to the Pentagon," 29 Aug. 2019 His long, winding football life, the end of Super Bowl XLIX, and being hired by the man who beat him on the most controversial play call of his life. — Robert Klemko, SI.com, "Darrell Bevell Bounces Back Again, This Time in Detroit," 29 Aug. 2019 Here are some new ways to describe your upcoming nuptials, courtesy of Tana Mongeau, one half of YouTube's most controversial power couple. — Wired, "The Post-Truth World of Influencer Romances," 28 Aug. 2019 The most controversial tweet was one on the alleged torture of young Kashmiri men at the hands of the Indian armed forces. — Manavi Kapur, Quartz India, "Getting trolled is a small price to pay to get information out of Kashmir, says activist Shehla Rashid," 22 Aug. 2019 Spicer, who famously lied about the crowd size at President Trump’s inauguration in his first press briefing and whose relationship with reporters was adversarial at best during his six months in the White House, is the most controversial. — cleveland.com, "Sean Spicer to compete on ‘Dancing with the Stars’ and the show’s host isn’t thrilled about it," 21 Aug. 2019 Caelynn Miller-Keyes, from Colton Underwood's season of The Bachelor, has been at the center of some of the show's most controversial moments this season. — Kayleigh Roberts, Marie Claire, "'Bachelor in Paradise's' Caelynn Miller-Keyes Shares a Meme About "Why Women Have Trust Issues"," 17 Aug. 2019 So far, the president has successfully gotten Democrats off message and left them to stick up for two of their most-controversial members, criticizing Israel and losing a chance to discuss pocketbook subjects central to the 2020 campaign. — Fox News, "Reporter's Notebook: Spat over scrapped 'Squad' members' Israel visit is tricky politics for both sides," 17 Aug. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'controversial.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
Keep scrolling for more
Keep scrolling for more
More Definitions for controversial
controversial
adjective
English Language Learners Definition of controversial
See the full definition for controversial in the English Language Learners Dictionary
controversial
adjective
\
Kids Definition of controversial
Keep scrolling for more