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squabblesome

squabblesome adjective: prone to squabble.

Adjective

squabblesome (comparative more squabblesome, superlative most squabblesome)

  1. Prone to squabble.
    • You can have Church of England and Unitarian and Buddhist under the same roof without courting disaster; the only Buddhist I ever had down here quarrelled with everybody, but that was on account of his naturally squabblesome temperament; it had nothing to do with his religion.1919, Saki, “The Oversight”, in The Toys of Peace and Other Papers, London: John Lane the Bodley Head, page 256
    Synonyms:
    quarrelsome

Synonyms of squabblesome

Forms of squabblesome

comparativemore squabblesome
superlativemost squabblesome

Origin of squabblesome

From squabble + -some.

Questions about squabblesome

What does squabblesome mean?
Squabblesome means prone to squabble.
What part of speech is squabblesome?
Squabblesome is an adjective.

Words near squabblesome in the dictionary

  1. squabble
  2. squabbled
  3. squabbler
  4. squabblers
  5. squabbles
  6. squabblesome
  7. squabbling
  8. squabbling bleeder
  9. squabbling bleeders
  10. squabblingly
  11. squabblings

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