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Antonyms for quarrelsome
Grammar : Adj |
Spell : kwawr-uh l-suh m, kwor- |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈkwɔr əl səm, ˈkwɒr- |
Definition of quarrelsome
Origin :- 1590s, from quarrel (n.1) + -some (1). Related: Quarrelsomeness.
- adj being disagreeable
- She was uneducated and ill-mannered, impulsive and quarrelsome.
- Extract from : « Handel » by Edward J. Dent
- At first, to be sure, the workmen showed a quarrelsome disposition.
- Extract from : « Tanglewood Tales » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
- As to Bornier, he came straight to me in a decided and quarrelsome manner.
- Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt
- He was not quarrelsome, though, like the sparrow; but peaceful, like the dove.
- Extract from : « Life And Adventures Of Martin Chuzzlewit » by Charles Dickens
- Their drawing-rooms are quite a happy family of the most quarrelsome tints.'
- Extract from : « Wilfrid Cumbermede » by George MacDonald
- Is he not a bore, and the worst of all bores too,—a quarrelsome one?
- Extract from : « One Of Them » by Charles James Lever
- And then we come to the great offence—your quarrelsome habits.
- Extract from : « Jack Hinton » by Charles James Lever
- Men must be quarrelsome, you'd say, if they could fight about paving-stones—but so they did.
- Extract from : « Nuts and Nutcrackers » by Charles James Lever
- Frank was not a quarrelsome boy, but this repeated insult was too much for him.
- Extract from : « The Cash Boy » by Horatio Alger Jr.
- One was soft and kind and full of love, the other was harsh and quarrelsome.
- Extract from : « Stories the Iroquois Tell Their Children » by Mabel Powers
Synonyms for quarrelsome
- argumentative
- bad-tempered
- bellicose
- belligerent
- brawling
- cantankerous
- cat-and-dog
- choleric
- churlish
- combative
- contentious
- crabby
- cross
- disputatious
- dissentious
- excitable
- fiery
- fractious
- gladiatorial
- hasty
- have chip on shoulder
- hotheaded
- huffy
- impassioned
- irascible
- irritable
- litigious
- ornery
- passionate
- peevish
- pettish
- petulant
- pugnacious
- querulous
- ructious
- snappy
- tempestuous
- thin-skinned
- touchy
- truculent
- turbulent
- unruly
- violent
- war
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