Why are you so quarrelsome?
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Quarrelsome
/ˈkwɒɹəlsəm/
Synonyms for "quarrelsome" (140 found)
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Closest matches (28)
acridacrimoniousadverseaggressiveantagonisticantipatheticargumentalargumentativebattlingbellicosebelligerentbickeringbitterbloodthirstybloodybloody mindedbloody-mindedbrawlingcankeredcantankerous
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Noun(1 words)
Adjective(2 words)
argumentative stylecantankerous
Strong matches (42)
Related words (70)
hawkishhostileill-humoredinharmoniousinimicalirascibleirritablejingojingoishjingoistjingoisticlitigiouslogomachicmalevolentmaliciousmalignantmartialmilitantmilitaristicmilitary
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offensivepartisanpassionatepeevishperversepetulantpilpulisticpolarizingpolemicpolemicalpro and conpugnaciousquerulousquick-temperedrancorousrepugnantsaber-rattlingsanguinarysanguineoussavagescrappysensitiveset againstshrewishsoldierlikesoldierlysorespitefulsquabblingstrivingstrugglingsurlytestytrigger happytrigger-happytruculentturbulentunfriendlyunpacificunpeaceableunpeacefulvenomousvirulentvitriolicwarlikewarmongeringwarringwrangling
Adjective(2 words)
orneriestpolemic style
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5 entriescharacter traitcommunication stylediscourse patterndispositional traitpersonality trait
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5 entriesCollocations
6 entriesquarrelsome attitudequarrelsome behaviorquarrelsome colleaguequarrelsome discoursequarrelsome temperamentquarrelsome tone
Inflections
2 entriesmore quarrelsomemost quarrelsome
Derivations
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1 entriesSample sentences
9 total sentences available.
Tom is quarrelsome, isn't he?
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Although the two rival British generals were quarrelsome and foolish, the ordinary soldiers acquitted themselves bravely, even as they rode to their deaths.
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There was once a king who had three daughters. The two eldest were very proud and quarrelsome, but the youngest was as good as they were bad.
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