Adjectives Starting With CONT
Here's the list of all the 94 Adjectives Starting With CONT in the English Language.
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| content | 1. satisfied or showing satisfaction with things as they are More Definitions → |
| continued | 1. without stop or interruption More Definitions → |
| contained | 1. gotten under control More Definitions → |
| contemporary | 1. characteristic of the present 2. belonging to the present time More Definitions → |
| continuing | 1. remaining in force or being carried on without letup 2. persisting for a long time More Definitions → |
| controlled | 1. restrained or managed or kept within certain bounds More Definitions → |
| continuous | 1. continuing in time or space without interruption 2. of a function or curve; extending without break or irregularity More Definitions → |
| continental | 1. of or relating to or concerning the American colonies during and immediately after the American Revolutionary War 2. of or relating to or characteristic of a continent More Definitions → |
| container | More Definitions → |
| contrary | 1. very opposed in nature or character or purpose 2. of words or propositions so related that both cannot be true but both may be false More Definitions → |
| controlling | 1. able to control or determine policy More Definitions → |
| contributing | 1. tending to bring about; being partly responsible for More Definitions → |
| controversial | 1. marked by or capable of arousing controversy More Definitions → |
| continent | 1. having control over urination and defecation 2. abstaining from sexual intercourse More Definitions → |
| contaminated | 1. corrupted by contact or association 2. rendered unwholesome by contaminants and pollution More Definitions → |
| contracted | 1. reduced in size or pulled together More Definitions → |
| contractual | 1. relating to or part of a binding legal agreement More Definitions → |
| contingent | 1. possible but not certain to occur 2. being determined by conditions or circumstances that follow More Definitions → |
| contiguous | 1. very close or connected in space or time 2. connecting without a break; within a common boundary More Definitions → |
| continual | 1. recurring regularly or frequently in a prolonged and closely spaced series 2. having no interruptions More Definitions → |
| contextual | 1. relating to or determined by or in context More Definitions → |
| contested | 1. disputed or made the object of contention or competition More Definitions → |
| contrasting | 1. strikingly different; tending to contrast More Definitions → |
| contradictory | 1. of words or propositions so related that both cannot be true and both cannot be false 2. that confounds or contradicts or confuses More Definitions → |
| contraceptive | 1. capable of preventing conception or impregnation More Definitions → |
| contagious | 1. easily diffused or spread as from one person to another 2. (of disease) capable of being transmitted by infection More Definitions → |
| contentious | 1. inclined or showing an inclination to dispute or disagree, even to engage in law suits 2. involving or likely to cause controversy More Definitions → |
| controllable | 1. capable of being controlled More Definitions → |
| contrived | 1. showing effects of planning or manipulation 2. artificially formal More Definitions → |
| contributory | 1. tending to bring about; being partly responsible for More Definitions → |
| contemporaneous | 1. occurring in the same period of time 2. of the same period More Definitions → |
| contemplative | 1. deeply or seriously thoughtful More Definitions → |
| contraband | 1. distributed or sold illicitly More Definitions → |
| contented | 1. satisfied or showing satisfaction with things as they are More Definitions → |
| contaminate | More Definitions → |
| contaminating | 1. spreading pollution or contamination; especially radioactive contamination 2. that infects or taints More Definitions → |
| contractile | 1. capable of contracting or being contracted More Definitions → |
| contralateral | 1. on or relating to the opposite side (of the body) More Definitions → |
| contemptuous | 1. expressing extreme contempt More Definitions → |
| contemptible | 1. deserving of contempt or scorn More Definitions → |
| contorted | 1. twisted (especially as in pain or struggle) More Definitions → |
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