Synonyms for quarrelsome

Grammar : Adj

Spell : kwawr-uh l-suh m, kwor-

Phonetic Transcription : ˈkwɔr əl səm, ˈkwɒr-

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Définition of quarrelsome

Origin : 1590s, from quarrel (n.1) + -some (1). Related: Quarrelsomeness.

adj being disagreeable

Example sentences :

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

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