contentious (adj.)
- aggravating
 - aggressive
 - annoying
 - antagonistic
 - argumentative
 - bellicose
 - belligerent
 - bloodthirsty
 - bloody
 - bloody-minded
 - chauvinistic
 - combative
 - controversial
 - dialectic
 - disputatious
 - eristic
 - exasperating
 - ferocious
 - fierce
 - fighting
 - hawkish
 - hostile
 - ill-humored
 - inimical
 - irritating
 - jingoistic
 - litigious
 - martial
 - militant
 - militaristic
 - military
 - offensive
 - polemic
 - provocative
 - pugnacious
 - quarrelsome
 - sanguinary
 - sanguineous
 - savage
 - scrappy
 - soldierlike
 - soldierly
 - trigger-happy
 - truculent
 - unfriendly
 - unpeaceable
 - unpeaceful
 - warlike
 - warring
 
A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.