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Webster 1913 Edition


Quarrelsome

Quar′rel-some

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Adj.
Apt or disposed to quarrel; given to brawls and contention; easily irritated or provoked to contest; irascible; choleric.
Syn. – Pugnacious; irritable; irascible; brawling; choleric; fiery; petulant.
Quar′rel-some-ly
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adv.
Quar′rel-some-ness
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Noun.

Webster 1828 Edition


Quarrelsome

QUAR'RELSOME

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Adj.
Apt to quarrel; given to brawls and contention; inclined to petty fighting; easily irritated or provoked to contest; irascible; choleric; petulant.

Definition 2024


quarrelsome

quarrelsome

English

Adjective

quarrelsome (comparative more quarrelsome, superlative most quarrelsome)

  1. Argumentative; belligerent; contentious; given to quarreling.
    She's too quarrelsome to participate in a civil conversation.

Synonyms

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