Reverse Dictionary: CONTROVERSY

ADJECTIVES
1704 ► controversial → CONTROVERTISTICAL → obs.
1587 ► controversial, contentious, uncertain, questionable → DEBATEFUL → obs.
1637 ► of or pertaining to controversy or disputation; disposed to controversy; captious → ERISTIC 
1940 ► very delicate or explosive; very controversial → TOO HOT TO HANDLE → US sl.
1614 ► given to dispute or controversy; contentious, disputatious, combative → POLEMIC
1615 ► given to dispute or controversy; contentious, disputatious; combative → POLEMICAL

ADVERBS
1653 ► controversially, disputatiously → POLEMICALLY

NOUNS
1300 ► controversy, verbal contention, dispute, argument → TOIL → obs.
1642 ► controversy, opinionated argument; polemics; a dispute → POLEMY → rare
1375 ► controversy, contention or contest for the mastery; struggle, combat, fight, battle → BARGAIN → obs. exc. Sc.
1509 ► controversy, contention, strife, dispute, argument → CONCERTATION → obs.
1536 ► controversy, debate, discussion, deliberation, disputation, argument → DEBATEMENT → obs.
1596 ► controversy → CONTROVERSE → obs.
1607 ► a controversy, a debate, an argument; a wordy skirmish or encounter; a dispute not carried to extremes → VELITATION → rare
1788 ► controversy, a quarrel; opposition; a fit of perversity or ill-humour → THROW → Sc.
1847 ► spirited or skilful controversy or debate → SWORD-PLAY
1886 ► skill in controversy or debate → SWORDSMANSHIP
1896 ► a controversy, dispute; an argument; a wordy way → PARL → PARLE → Eng. dial.
1948 ► a very great controversy, uproar, or fuss → SHITSTORM → orig. US
1986 ► a controversy, argument, or quarrel → HEEKACK → HEEKYAK → HICK-HACK → Amer. dial.

NOUNS, PERSON
1659 ► a controversialist; one given to disputation → ERISTIC 
1639 ► a person who argues or writes in opposition to another; a controversialist → POLEMIC
1825 ► a controversialist → POLEMIST
1864 ► a controversialist → POLEMICIST
1871 ► a controversialist → POLEMICIAN → rare

VERBS
1440 ► to controvert, to refute; to reply smartly → REJAG → obs. rare exc. Sc.
1602 ► to make the subject of controversy, to discuss, to debate; to enter into controversy, to dispute with → CONTROVERSE → obs.
1607 ► to take part in a controversy → VENTILATE → obs.
1828 ► to argue; to carry on a controversy → POLEMIZE
1881 ► to argue; to carry on a controversy → POLEMICIZE
1900 ► to raise controversial issues → STIR THE POSSUM → Aust. sl.
1907 ► to stir up controversy; to liven things up → ROUSE THE POSSUM → Aust. sl.