quarrelsome

From quarrel +‎ -some.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkwɒɹəlsəm/
• (General American) enPR: kwôrʹəlsəm, IPA^(key): /ˈkwɔɹəlsəm/
• (New York City) enPR: kwŏrʹəlsəm, IPA^(key): /ˈkwɑɹəlsəm/

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• Rhymes: -ɒɹəlsəm
• Hyphenation: quar‧rel‧some

quarrelsome (comparative more quarrelsome, superlative most quarrelsome)

1. Argumentative; fond of or prone to quarreling.

   Synonyms: belligerent, combative, contentious, litigious; see also Thesaurus:quarrelsome

   She's too quarrelsome to participate in a civil conversation.

   • 1625, Francis [Bacon], “Of Trauaile”, in The Essayes […], 3rd edition, London: […] Iohn Haviland for Hanna Barret, →OCLC, page 104:

     And let a Man bevvare, hovv he keepeth Company, vvith Cholerick and Quarelſome Perſons; for they vvill engage him into their ovvne Quarels.

   • 1940, Rosetta E. Clarkson, Green Enchantments: The Magic Spell of Gardens, The Macmillan Company, page 254:

     Rampion grown in the cottage garden made the children of the house quarrelsome; breathing deeply into a handful of mint refreshed your senses, but aconite could cause your death.

• quarrelsomely
• quarrelsomeness
• unquarrelsome