Squabbly

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Having the tendency to squabble, argumentative

    "We came to have paid staff, and had to go by rules and regulations and contracts, and things started to get squabbly"

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argumentativediscordantdisputatiousquarrelsome

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"We came to have paid staff, and had to go by rules and regulations and contracts, and things started to get squabbly"

Etymology

From squabble + -y.

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