How to use controversial in a sentence. Controversial is an adjective that describes something that provokes disagreement, debate, or strong opinions. Meanings, etymology, pronunciation and more in the oxford english dictionary
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The meaning of controversial is of, relating to, or arousing controversy.
Adjective controversial (comparative more controversial, superlative most controversial) arousing or likely to arouse controversy.
If you describe something or someone as controversial, you mean that they are the subject of. Is a controversial [book, article, song, actress, politician], made a controversial [decision, ruling, law], the controversial [issue, question, matter] of, more.
