quarrelsome

  • 11quarrelsome — adjective Argumentative; belligerent; contentious; given to quarreling. Shes too quarrelsome to participate in a civil conversation …

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  • 12quarrelsome — adjective his quarrelsome neighbors Syn: argumentative, disputatious, confrontational, captious, pugnacious, combative, antagonistic, contentious, bellicose, belligerent, cantankerous, choleric; informal scrappy Ant: peaceable …

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  • 13quarrelsome — adjective Date: 1596 apt or disposed to quarrel in an often petty manner ; contentious Synonyms: see belligerent • quarrelsomely adverb • quarrelsomeness noun …

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  • 14quarrelsome — quarrelsomely, adv. quarrelsomeness, n. /kwawr euhl seuhm, kwor /, adj. inclined to quarrel; argumentative; contentious. [1590 1600; QUARREL1 + SOME1] * * * …

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  • 15quarrelsome — Synonyms and related words: acrid, adverse, aggressive, antagonistic, antipathetic, argumental, argumentative, battling, bellicose, belligerent, bickering, bitter, bloodthirsty, bloody, bloody minded, brawling, cankered, cat and dog, cat and… …

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  • 16quarrelsome — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. contentious, disputatious, pugnacious, combative. See irascibility, contention. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Inclined to fight] Syn. factious, combative, pugnacious, contentious, disputatious,… …

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  • 17quarrelsome — quar|rel|some [ kwɔrəlsəm ] adjective tending to argue with people …

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  • 18quarrelsome — quar·rel·some || kwÉ‘rÉ™lsÉ™m / kwÉ’r adj. tending to fight, argumentative, contentious, disputatious …

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  • 19quarrelsome — adjective given to or characterized by quarrelling. Derivatives quarrelsomely adverb quarrelsomeness noun …

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  • 20quarrelsome — a. Irascible, choleric, irritable, petulant, cross, contentious, disputatious …

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