'Quarrelsome' definitions:
Definition of 'quarrelsome'
From: WordNet
adjective
Given to quarreling; "arguing children"; "quarrelsome when drinking"
Definition of 'Quarrelsome'
From: GCIDE
- Quarrelsome \Quar"rel*some\, a. Apt or disposed to quarrel; given to brawls and contention; easily irritated or provoked to contest; irascible; choleric. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: Pugnacious; irritable; irascible; brawling; choleric; fiery; petulant. [1913 Webster] -- {Quar"rel*some*ly}, adv. -- {Quar"rel*some*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'quarrelsome'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- acrid,
- adverse,
- aggressive,
- antagonistic,
- antipathetic,
- argumental,
- argumentative,
- battling,
- bellicose,
- belligerent,
- bickering,
- bitter,
- bloodthirsty,
- bloody,
- bloody-minded,
- brawling,
- cankered,
- cat-and-dog,
- cat-and-doggish,
- caustic,
- chauvinist,
- chauvinistic,
- choleric,
- clashing,
- colliding,
- combative,
- conflicting,
- contending,
- contentious,
- contestant,
- contesting,
- contrary,
- controversial,
- counter,
- crabbed,
- cranky,
- cross,
- despiteful,
- dialectic,
- disagreeable,
- disputant,
- disputatious,
- dissentient,
- dissentious,
- dissident,
- divisive,
- dyspeptic,
- enemy,
- eristic,
- factional,
- factious,
- ferocious,
- fierce,
- fighting,
- fractious,
- full of fight,
- full of hate,
- grouchy,
- hateful,
- hawkish,
- hostile,
- ill-humored,
- inimical,
- irascible,
- irritable,
- jingo,
- jingoish,
- jingoist,
- jingoistic,
- litigious,
- logomachic,
- malevolent,
- malicious,
- malignant,
- martial,
- militant,
- militaristic,
- military,
- offensive,
- partisan,
- peevish,
- petulant,
- pilpulistic,
- polarizing,
- polemic,
- pro and con,
- pugnacious,
- querulous,
- rancorous,
- repugnant,
- saber-rattling,
- sanguinary,
- sanguineous,
- savage,
- scrappy,
- set against,
- shrewish,
- soldierlike,
- soldierly,
- sore,
- spiteful,
- squabbling,
- striving,
- struggling,
- testy,
- trigger-happy,
- truculent,
- unfriendly,
- unpacific,
- unpeaceable,
- unpeaceful,
- venomous,
- virulent,
- vitriolic,
- warlike,
- warmongering,
- warring,
- wrangling