quarrelsome
Syllables: quar·rel·someUK/ˈkwɒɹəlsəm//ˈkwɔɹəlsəm/
quarrelsome adjective: argumentative; fond of or prone to quarreling.
Adjective
quarrelsome (comparative more quarrelsome, superlative most quarrelsome)
- Argumentative; fond of or prone to quarreling.
- She's too quarrelsome to participate in a civil conversation.
- And let a Man bevvare, hovv he keepeth Company, vvith Cholerick and Quarelſome Perſons; for they vvill engage him into their ovvne Quarels.1625, Francis [Bacon], “Of Trauaile”, in The Essayes […], 3rd edition, London: […] Iohn Haviland for Hanna Barret, →OCLC, page 104
- Synonyms:
- belligerent, combative, contentious, litigious, agonistic, argumentative, bangsome, bellicose, debateful, discordant
quarrelsome meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Urdu and Bengali
quarrelsome in Hindi
- quarrelsome, warlike, aggressive
- जंगजू jaṅgjū
- quarrelsome, contentious
- राड़ी rāṛī
- a quarrelsome or contentious person
- राड़ी rāṛī
quarrelsome in Marathi
- quarrelsome, argumentative
- भांडखोर bhāṇḍkhor
quarrelsome in Urdu
- فسادی, جھگڑالو, لڑاکا, شورہ پشت, تند مزاج
quarrelsome in Bengali
- ঝগড়াটে, কলহপ্রিয়
More languagesFewer languages
- quarrelsome in Malayalam
- ശണ്ഠകൂടുന്ന, വഴക്കാളിയായ
- quarrelsome in Kannada
- ಜಗಳಗಂಟ, ಜಗಳಕ್ಕೇಳುವ, ಜಗಳಕಾಯುವ ಸ್ವಭಾವದ, ಜಗಳಗಂಟಿಯಾದ
- quarrelsome in Tagalog
- palabangay
Synonyms of quarrelsome
- belligerent
- combative
- contentious
- litigious
- agonistic
- argumentative
- bangsome
- bellicose
- discordant
- disputatious
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Antonyms
Forms of quarrelsome
| comparative | more quarrelsome |
|---|---|
| superlative | most quarrelsome |
Origin of quarrelsome
From quarrel + -some.
Words formed from quarrelsome
Questions about quarrelsome
- What does quarrelsome mean?
- Quarrelsome means argumentative; fond of or prone to quarreling.
- What is quarrelsome in Hindi?
- Quarrelsome in Hindi is जंगजू (jaṅgjū), राड़ी (rāṛī). See Quarrelsome meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is quarrelsome?
- Quarrelsome is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce quarrelsome?
- Quarrelsome is pronounced /ˈkwɒɹəlsəm/ (UK).
Words near quarrelsome in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: quarrelsome (page history and authors); जंगजू (Hindi) (page history and authors); भांडखोर (Marathi) (page history and authors); quarrelsome (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); quarrelsome (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); quarrelsome (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); quarrelsome (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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