quarrelsome

B2 Topic:People & Society
US /ˈkwɔɹəlsəm/ UK /ˈkwɒɹəlsəm/
adj Freq #54151

Meanings

  1. 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

From quarrel + -some.

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