Antonyms for quarrelsomeness
Grammar : Noun |
Spell : kwawr-uh l-suh m, kwor- |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈkwɔr əl səm, ˈkwɒr- |
Definition 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
- 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
Synonyms for quarrelsomeness
- aggression
- argumentativeness
- bellicoseness
- bellicosity
- belligerence
- belligerency
- cantankerousness
- combativeness
- contentiousness
- disagreeableness
- disagreement
- discord
- disharmony
- disputatiousness
- dissension
- disunity
- division
- divisiveness
- fight
- friction
- hostility
- infighting
- litigiousness
- pugnaciousness
- pugnacity
- quarrelsomeness
- rebellion
- sedition
- truculence
- truculency
- tumult
- turbulence
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