This week we continue our vocabulary-building series, “The Closing Word.” Each week we provide a new word to help build your vocabulary and show you an example of how to use it.
This week’s closing word:
Pronounced: (lih-TIDGE-iss)
Adjective:
inclined or showing an inclination to dispute or disagree, even to engage in law suits
Synonyms: combative, contentious, disputatious, disputative argumentative
From Vocabulary.com: ”Litigious is the adjective form of litigation, the act of suing someone in court. If a person is called litigious that means they tend to sue people, maybe excessively.”
Example:
“Our litigious neighbor took issue with everything from tree trimming to leaf blower noise, and eventually we decided we needed to move.”