quarrelsome

quarrelsome
adj
1. argumentative, inharmonious, contentious, combative, wranglesome; dissident, dissentient, dissentious; exceptive, controversial, litigious, disputatious, hostile, unpacific, pugnacious, combative; discordant, bellicose, battlesome, belligerent, brawling, turbulent; fiery, hot, hot-headed, hot-tempered; peppery, quick-tempered, Inf. quick on the trigger.
2. antagonistic, unfriendly, unamiable, alienating; abrupt, sharp, acrimonious, caustic, sarcastic, biting, thorny; vixenish, shrewish, termagant; fractious, choleric, churlish, captious, contradictory, disagreeable; cantankerous, captious, irascible, irritable; contrary, dyspeptic, bad-tempered, ill-humored; frettish, petulant, peevish, querulous, grouchy; cross, cranky, testy, snappish, Inf. ugly, Inf. mean, Inf. ornery, waspish; touchy, pettish, splenetic, difficult; thin-skinned, cross-grained, quick to take offense.

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  • Quarrelsome — Quar rel*some, a. Apt or disposed to quarrel; given to brawls and contention; easily irritated or provoked to contest; irascible; choleric. [1913 Webster] Syn: Pugnacious; irritable; irascible; brawling; choleric; fiery; petulant. [1913 Webster]… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • quarrelsome — index argumentative, contentious, disorderly, dissenting, fractious, litigious, negative, petulant, polem …   Law dictionary

  • quarrelsome — (adj.) 1590s, from QUARREL (Cf. quarrel) (n.1) + SOME (Cf. some). Related: Quarrelsomeness …   Etymology dictionary

  • quarrelsome — pugnacious, combative, bellicose, *belligerent, contentious Analogous words: antagonistic, *adverse, counter: hostile, inimical, antipathetic, rancorous (see corresponding nouns at ENMITY) …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • quarrelsome — [adj] being disagreeable argumentative, bad tempered, bellicose, belligerent, brawling, cantankerous, cat and dog*, choleric, churlish, combative, contentious, crabby*, cross, disputatious, dissentious, excitable, fiery, fractious, gladiatorial,… …   New thesaurus

  • quarrelsome — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ given to or characterized by quarrelling …   English terms dictionary

  • quarrelsome — [kwôr′əl səm, kwär′əl səm] adj. inclined or ready to quarrel SYN. BELLIGERENT quarrelsomely adv. quarrelsomeness n …   English World dictionary

  • quarrelsome — quar|rel|some [ˈkwɔrəlsəm US ˈkwo: , ˈkwa: ] adj especially BrE someone who is quarrelsome quarrels a lot with people = ↑argumentative ▪ He became quarrelsome after drinking too much …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • quarrelsome — [[t]kwɒ̱rəlsəm, AM kwɔ͟ːr [/t]] ADJ GRADED: usu ADJ n A quarrelsome person often gets involved in arguments. Benedict had been a wild boy and a quarrelsome young man. Syn: argumentative …   English dictionary

  • quarrelsome — adjective someone who is quarrelsome seems to like quarrelling: a quarrelsome tone in his voice quarrelsomeness noun (U) …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

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

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