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quarrelsome Definition

quar·rel·some (kwôr′əl səm, kwär′-)

adjective

inclined or ready to quarrel

quarrelsome Related Forms
quar′·rel·somely adverb quar′·rel·some·ness noun
quarrelsome Synonyms

quarrelsome

modif.

  1. Inclined to fight

    factious, combative, pugnacious, contentious, disputatious, argumentative, litigious, belligerent, bellicose, truculent, unruly, passionate, violent, fiery, impassioned, hotheaded, hot-tempered, excitable, hasty, tempestuous, bickering, squabbling, with a chip on one's shoulder*, scrappy*.

    Antonyms calm*, peaceful, conciliatory.

  2. Bad-tempered

    fractious, cross, cross-grained, irascible, snappish, waspish, peevish, petulant, churlish, cantankerous, thin-skinned, touchy, testy, huffy, pettish, peppery; see also irritable.

    Antonyms agreeable*, good-natured, unruffled. See syn. study at belligerent.belligerent.

quarrelsome Usage Examples

Modifies a noun

  • man: We are also told that quarrelsome man is most hated in Allah's sight, Sahih Bukhari 6.48.
  • corn-factor: As he is giving alms to an old woman, he bumps into a quarrelsome corn-factor whose pocket-book spills onto the street.
  • nature: Baldwin, from his boyhood up, had been of a vindictive, malignant, quarrelsome nature.
  • woman: Proverbs warns against the noisy woman, the quarrelsome woman, the rebellious woman, the foolish woman.
  • couple: The house with its contents was burned to the ground, but what became of the quarrelsome couple was not reported.
  • lot: We may be a quarrelsome lot, but on the whole we fight our battles in the decent obscurity of learned journals.

Modifying Another Word

  • very: He was the best Hebraist of the lot, but he was a very quarrelsome man, so they left him out.
  • so: I am not concerned with these people who are so quarrelsome.