quarrelsome B2 Topic:People & Society US /ˈkwɔɹəlsəm/ UK /ˈkwɒɹəlsəm/ See IPA manual Freq #54151 Meanings 1 adj Tending to argue with people; easily annoyed and ready to fight. She's too quarrelsome to hold a calm conversation. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 adj · tending to argue with... argumentativebelligerentcontentious ↔ Opposites calmmediationalnonargumentativepeaceableunargumentativeunquarrelsome Etymology AI details From quarrel + -some. Topics People & Society External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # quarrelsome **Type:** Word **Level:** B2 **Part of speech:** adj **IPA (US):** /ˈkwɔɹəlsəm/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈkwɒɹəlsəm/ **Frequency rank:** 54151 ## Meanings 1. Tending to argue with people; easily annoyed and ready to fight. ## Examples - She's too quarrelsome to hold a calm conversation. ## Antonyms - calm - mediational - nonargumentative - peaceable - unargumentative - unquarrelsome ## Etymology From quarrel + -some. ## AI Etymology Quarrelsome comes from quarrel + -some. In present-day English it covers tending to argue with people; easily annoyed and ready to fight. ## Topics - People & Society markdown