Translations: the word in the other languages
- Afrikaans: omstrede
- Amharic: controversial
- Arabic: المثير للجدل
- Azerbaijani: mübahisəli
- Bashkir: бәхәсле
- Belarusian: спрэчны
- Bulgarian: спорен
- Bengali: বিতর্কিত
- Bosnian: spornog
- Catalan: polèmic
- Cebuano: kontrobersyal
- Czech: kontroverzní
- Welsh: dadleuol
- Danish: kontroversiel
- German: umstritten
- Greek: αμφιλεγόμενη
- Esperanto: polemika
- Spanish: polémica
- Estonian: vastuoluline
- Basque: polemikoa
- Persian: بحث
- Finnish: kiistanalainen
- French: controversée
- Irish: conspóideach
- Scottish Gaelic: connspaideach
- Galician: polémica
- Gujarati: વિવાદાસ્પદ
- Hebrew: במחלוקת
- Hindi: विवादास्पद
- Croatian: sporno
- Haitian: kontwovèsyal
- Hungarian: ellentmondásos
- Armenian: վիճահարույց
- Indonesian: kontroversial
- Icelandic: umdeild
- Italian: controverso
- Japanese: 問題
- Javanese: kontrovèrsial
- Georgian: საკამათო
- Kazakh: спорный
- Khmer: ចម្រូងចម្រា
- Kannada: ವಿವಾದಾತ್ಮಕ
- Korean: 논란
- Kyrgyz: талаш
- Latin: controversiae
- Luxembourgish: ëmstridden
- Lao: ວິ
- Lithuanian: prieštaringai
- Latvian: pretrunīga
- Malagasy: mampiady hevitra
- Mari: ӱчашыман
- Maori: i tautohetia
- Macedonian: контроверзна
- Malayalam: വിവാദ
- Mongolian: маргаантай
- Marathi: वादग्रस्त
- Hill Mari: спорный
- Malay: kontroversi
- Maltese: kontroversjali
- Burmese: အငြင်းပွားဖွယ်
- Nepali: विवादास्पद
- Dutch: omstreden
- Norwegian: kontroversiell
- Punjabi: ਵਿਵਾਦਗ੍ਰਸਤ
- Papiamento: polémica
- Polish: kontrowersyjny
- Portuguese: controverso
- Romanian: controversat
- Russian: спорный
- Sinhalese: මතභේදාත්මක
- Slovak: kontroverzný
- Slovenian: kontroverzna
- Albanian: e diskutueshme
- Serbian: контроверзни
- Sundanese: kontroversial
- Swedish: kontroversiellt
- Swahili: utata
- Tamil: சர்ச்சைக்குரிய
- Telugu: వివాదాస్పద
- Tajik: спорный
- Thai: คุณท่านวุฒิฯอมิดาล่าใช่มั้ย?
- Tagalog: kontrobersyal
- Turkish: tartışmalı
- Tatar: бәхәсле
- Udmurt: ченгешонъёс
- Ukrainian: спірний
- Urdu: متنازعہ
- Uzbek: munozarali
- Vietnamese: gây tranh cãi
- Xhosa: controversial
- Yiddish: קאָנטראָווערסיאַל
- Chinese: 有争议的
Synonyms, close and similar words for controversial
- inconsistent
- conflicting
- contradictive
- discrepant
- ambivalent
- conflictive
- divergent
- questionable
- disputable
- ambiguous
- dubious
- doubtful
- contestable
- deniable
- argumentative
- debatable
- arguable
- objectionable
- dispute
- discussion
- moot
- contradictory
- litigious
- contentious
- vexed
- quarrelsome
- polemic
- polemical
- contested