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bickersome

bickersome adjective: characterised or marked by bickering.

Adjective

bickersome (comparative more bickersome, superlative most bickersome)

  1. Characterised or marked by bickering.
    • In a colonial setting, moreover, they are particularly revealing of the bickersome process of constructing a new social structure out of a diverse population of natives and newcomers.2007, Richmond F. Brown, Coastal Encounters
    • This emphasis underscores Louis XIV's rejection of bickersome Paris for the tranquil countryside of Versailles, but also symbolized the expansion of absolute power outside of the capital and into the most remote rural corners of the realm.2008, Shannon Lee Dawdy, Building the Devil's Empire

Forms of bickersome

comparativemore bickersome
superlativemost bickersome

Origin of bickersome

From bicker + -some.

Questions about bickersome

What does bickersome mean?
Bickersome means characterised or marked by bickering.
What part of speech is bickersome?
Bickersome is an adjective.

Words near bickersome in the dictionary

  1. bickerns
  2. bickers
  3. bickers like a married couple
  4. bickers like an old married couple
  5. Bickershaw
  6. bickersome
  7. Bickerstaff
  8. Bickerstaffe
  9. Bickerstaffes
  10. Bickerstaffian
  11. Bickerstaffs

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