Why are you so quarrelsome?
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Quarrelsome
//ˈkwɒɹəlsəm//
Synonyms for "quarrelsome" (158 found)
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67 translations across 21 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- свадлив adj (given to quarreling)
Czech
1 entries- hádavý adj (given to quarreling)
Dutch
2 entries- ruzieachtig adj (given to quarreling)
- twistziek adj (given to quarreling)
Esperanto
1 entries- kverelema adj (given to quarreling)
Finnish
3 entries- riitaisa adj (given to quarreling)
- räyhäkäs adj (given to quarreling)
- toraisa adj (given to quarreling)
French
2 entries- querelleur adj (given to quarreling)
- querelleux adj (given to quarreling)
Georgian
2 entries- მოჩხუბარი adj (given to quarreling)
- ჩხუბის თავი adj (given to quarreling)
German
4 entries- hadersüchtig adj (given to quarreling)
- händelsüchtig adj (given to quarreling)
- streitlustig adj (given to quarreling)
- streitsüchtig adj (given to quarreling)
Greek
1 entries- κακότροπος adj (given to quarreling)
Hungarian
1 entries- veszekedős adj (given to quarreling)
Irish
4 entries- achrannach adj (given to quarreling)
- anglánta adj (given to quarreling)
- argánta adj (given to quarreling)
- bruíonach adj (given to quarreling)
Māori
4 entries- ngaweri adj (given to quarreling)
- nihoniho adj (given to quarreling)
- pakapaka adj (given to quarreling)
- pākani adj (given to quarreling)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- kranglevoren adj (given to quarreling)
- trettekjær adj (given to quarreling)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- kranglevoren adj (given to quarreling)
- trettekjær adj (given to quarreling)
Polish
3 entries- awanturniczy adj (given to quarreling)
- kłótliwy adj (given to quarreling)
- swarliwy adj (given to quarreling)
Russian
2 entries- сварливый adj (given to quarreling)
- склочный adj (given to quarreling)
Scottish Gaelic
3 entries- connsachail adj (given to quarreling)
- connspaideach adj (given to quarreling)
- dranndanach adj (given to quarreling)
Spanish
4 entries- camorrista adj (given to quarreling)
- leguleyo adj (given to quarreling)
- peleón adj (given to quarreling)
- pendenciero adj (given to quarreling)
Swedish
1 entries- grälsjuk adj (given to quarreling)
Tagalog
1 entries- palabangay adj (given to quarreling)
Welsh
4 entries- cecrus adj (given to quarreling)
- cwerylgar adj (given to quarreling)
- cynhennus adj (given to quarreling)
- ffraegar adj (given to quarreling)
Sample sentences
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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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