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quarrelsome
[ kwawr-uhl-suhm, kwor- ]
quarrelsome
/ ˈkwɒrəlsəm /
adjective
- inclined to quarrel or disagree; belligerent
Derived Forms
- ˈquarrelsomeness, noun
- ˈquarrelsomely, adverb
Other Words From
- quarrel·some·ly adverb
- quarrel·some·ness noun
- un·quarrel·some adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of quarrelsome1
Example Sentences
Premarin was marketed in 1941 “to relieve severe menopause symptoms,” Cleghorn reports, but it was also “touted as a relief for husbands burdened by moody, quarrelsome wives.”
Humans are a quarrelsome lot with a special talent for waging war.
A quarrelsome media, sneers and jeers, doubts and suspicions.
But her quarrelsome ideology does have an appealing contrarian energy.
It's simply impossible for me to 'belong' to this quarrelsome, hostile, disputatious, and deservedly infamous group.
Fitzwilliam was a man of hasty temper, Fitton was said to be vain-glorious and was certainly quarrelsome and litigious.
He was needed to set right his barony, for he himself grew weak and his vassals quarrelsome.
The notion of a tyrant God can create but abject, angry, quarrelsome, intolerant slaves.
They pleaded their conscience, and pretended to have received from Heaven the right to be quarrelsome, turbulent, and rebellious.
Preston Congregationalism is a very good, a very respectable, and a very quarrelsome creature.
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