Quarrelsome synonyms
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Part of speech:
Querulous or discontented.
peaceful (antonym)
Not involving violence or employing force:
conciliatory (antonym)
Willing to conciliate, or to make concessions
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Full of rancor; bitter; unforgiving.
Of something or someone provoking strife, controversy or discord.
Given to or characterized by discordance or insubordination.
Given to fighting; disposed to engage in combat; pugnacious.
The definition of pugnacious is eager to fight or disagree.
Always ready to argue; quarrelsome
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Of or containing argument; controversial
Quarrelsome
Eager to go to war, warlike.
Difficult or impossible to discipline, control, or rule:
Showing or expressing strong emotion; ardent:
Very forceful:
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The definition of fiery is to a strong personality, something related to heat, or to an impassioned action or speech.
Filled with passion; fervent:
Pertaining to or characteristic of a hothead or hotheadedness; (of a person) easily excited or angered.
Having a fiery temper; easily made angry
Acting with too much speed or haste; hurried:
Of, or resembling a tempest; stormy, tumultuous.
Inclined to fight
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Inclined to fight
with a chip on one's shoulder
Inclined to fight
(Informal) Fond of fighting, arguing, etc.; aggressive
The definition of fractious is someone who is bad tempered, or someone or something that is difficult to control.
Involving interchange; reciprocal.
Characterized by or resulting from anger.
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Bad-tempered; snappish
Difficult to handle:
Sensitive to touch; easily irritated, as a part of the body
Irritated, impatient, or exasperated; peevish:
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Arrogant; haughty.
Of, containing, or resembling pepper; sharp or pungent in flavor.
calm (antonym)
Without wind or motion; still; quiet
agreeable (antonym)
Pleasing or pleasant
good-natured (antonym)
Alternative spelling of good-natured.
unruffled. See syn. study at belligerent.belligerent (antonym)
Bad-tempered
irritable (related)
In an ill humor; bad-tempered; peevish
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Contending or acting against; as, antagonistic forces.
(--- Archaic) Having choler as the dominant humor in terms of medieval physiology.
Of, relating to, or characteristic of an enemy:
(Humorous, southern US) Mischievous, prankish, teasing, disagreeable but in a good way.
Shrewish; scolding.
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patient (antonym)
Persevering; constant:
happy (antonym)
The definition of happy is someone or something that is feeling great pleasure or joy.
peaceable (antonym)
At peace; peaceful
Argumentative; disputatious
Aggressive in verbal attack; disputatious.
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conflict (related)
Given to arguing
attack (related)
Designed or used for carrying out a hostile or aggressive attack
self-willed (related)
quick-tempered (related)
domineer (related)
dissolute (related)
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short-tempered (related)
conceited (related)
haughty (related)
hot-headed (related)
Find another word for quarrelsome. In this page you can discover 74 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for quarrelsome, like: truculent, excitable, peevish, petulant, pettish, peaceful, conciliatory, rancorous, eristic, factious and combative.