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Synonyms for quarrelsomeness


Grammar : Noun
Spell : kwawr-uh l-suh m, kwor-
Phonetic Transcription : ˈkwɔr əl səm, ˈkwɒr-

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Définition of quarrelsomeness

Origin :
  • 1590s, from quarrel (n.1) + -some (1). Related: Quarrelsomeness.
  • As in argumentativeness : noun argumentative state
  • As in contentiousness : noun aggressiveness
  • As in disputatiousness : noun argumentativeness
  • As in faction : noun conflict, strife
Example sentences :
  • The next year it was his antlers that got him into trouble—his antlers and his quarrelsomeness.
  • Extract from : « Forest Neighbors » by William Davenport Hulbert
  • Combativeness—Courage, opposition, intrepidity, quarrelsomeness.
  • Extract from : « Mrs. Hale's Receipts for the Million » by Sarah Josepha Hale
  • I did go to Brabant, but I saw no anger or quarrelsomeness; yet I suppose he had his reasons.
  • Extract from : « A Wanderer in Holland » by E. V. Lucas
  • But quarrelsomeness is quite another affair, and very fatal.
  • Extract from : « Fisherman's Luck » by Henry van Dyke
  • Serious moral faults, such as drunkenness, quarrelsomeness and incontinence.
  • Extract from : « Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 » by Eileen Edna Power
  • Quarrelsomeness was, however, a mild fault compared with the really bad immorality which prevailed in some of the houses.
  • Extract from : « Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 » by Eileen Edna Power
  • Fickleness, superstition, and quarrelsomeness, are the characteristics on which he remarks.
  • Extract from : « The Christian Church in These Islands before the Coming of Augustine » by George Forrest Browne
  • Time did not diminish Vladimir Mikhailych's quarrelsomeness; on the contrary, it took on a still sharper edge.
  • Extract from : « A Family of Noblemen » by Mikhal Saltykov
  • There is here no opportunity for jealousy or theft; little for intemperance, the gaming table, licentiousness or quarrelsomeness.
  • Extract from : « Principles of Political Economy, Vol. II » by William Roscher
  • He talked inexcusably to his friends about his wife; he complained everywhere of her extravagances and of her quarrelsomeness.
  • Extract from : « The Love Affairs of Great Musicians, Volume 1 » by Rupert Hughes

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