Synonyms for quarrelsome

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1. Inclined to fight

   factious, combative, pugnacious, contentious, disputatious, argumentative, litigious, belligerent, bellicose, truculent, unruly, passionate, violent, fiery, impassioned, hotheaded, hot-tempered, excitable, hasty, tempestuous, bickering, squabbling, with a chip on one's shoulder*, scrappy*.

   Antonyms calm*, peaceful, conciliatory.

2. Bad-tempered

   fractious, cross, cross-grained, irascible, snappish, waspish, peevish, petulant, churlish, cantankerous, thin-skinned, touchy, testy, huffy, pettish, peppery; see also irritable.

   Antonyms agreeable*, good-natured, unruffled. See syn. study at belligerent.belligerent.