Definition of controversy

"controversy" in the noun sense

1. controversy, contention, contestation, disputation, disceptation, tilt, argument, arguing

a contentious speech act a dispute where there is strong disagreement

"they were involved in a violent argument"

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Quotations for controversy

The angriest person in a controversy is the one most liable to be in the wrong. [ Tillotson ]

Wit has its place in debate; in controversy it is a legitimate weapon, offensive and defensive. [ Theodore Parker ]

A fiction which is designed to inculcate an object wholly alien to the imagination sins against the first law of art; and if a writer of fiction narrow his scope to particulars so positive as polemical controversy in matters ecclesiastical, political or moral, his work may or may not be an able treatise, but it must be a very poor novel. [ Edward Bulwer-Lytton ]

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controversy in Scrabble®

The word controversy is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 19

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controversy in Words With Friends™

The word controversy is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 21

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Words within the letters of controversy

2 letter words in controversy (9 words)

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3 letter words in controversy (36 words)

con coo cot coy cry ens eon err net nor nos not one ore ors rev roe rot rye set son sot soy sty ten toe ton too toy try vet voe yen yes yet yon

4 letter words in controversy (71 words)

5 letter words in controversy (74 words)

6 letter words in controversy (60 words)

7 letter words in controversy (25 words)

consort convert conveys convoys corners cornets coroner coronet coverts coyotes crooner octynes oocytes ovocyte rectors rectory reroots rooster rooters scooter scorner snorter sorcery tycoons vectors

8 letter words in controversy (8 words)

converts conveyor coroners coronets crooners cryotron overcost ovocytes

9 letter words in controversy (4 words)

consorter convertor conveyors cryotrons

10 letter words in controversy (1 word)

convertors

11 letter words in controversy (1 word)

controversy

controversy + 1 blank (1 word)

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Words containing the sequence controversy

Words that start with controversy (1 word)

controversy

Words with controversy in them (1 word)

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Words that end with controversy (1 word)

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Word Growth involving controversy

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