quarrelsome

B2
US /ˈkwɔɹəlsəm/ UK /ˈkwɒɹəlsəm/
adj Freq #54151

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    given to quarreling

    The quarrelsome scoundrel was always liquored up and looking for a fight.

  2. 2
    adj

    Argumentative; fond of or prone to quarreling.

    She's too quarrelsome to participate in a civil conversation.

Etymology

From quarrel + -some.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
2 adj · argumentative; fond of or... agonisticargumentativebangsomebellicosebelligerentcombativecontentiousdebatefuldiscordantdisputatiousfactiousfractious
Opposites
calmmediationalnonargumentativepeaceableunargumentativeunquarrelsome

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