polarizing

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Polarize \Po"lar*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Polarized}; p. pr. &
   vb. n. {Polarizing}.] [Cf. F. polariser.]
   To communicate polarity to.
   [1913 Webster]

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

19 Moby Thesaurus words for "polarizing":
      aggressive, bellicose, belligerent, bickering, combative,
      disputatious, divisive, eristic, factional, factious, irascible,
      irritable, litigious, partisan, polemic, pugnacious, quarrelsome,
      shrewish, wrangling

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