Synonyms for quarrelsome
ˈkwɔr əl səm, ˈkwɒr-quar·rel·some

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1. quarrelsome

   Synonyms:
   choleric, irascible, petulant, litigious, pugnacious, brawling, fiery, hot-tempered, contentious, irritable

   Antonyms:
   peaceable, amenable, genial, unquarrelsome, inoffensive, mild, meek, conciliatory, bland, suave

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1. quarrelsomeadjective

   given to quarreling

   "arguing children"; "quarrelsome when drinking"

   Antonyms:
   unargumentative

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1. quarrelsomeadjective

   Synonyms:
   irascible, choleric, irritable, petulant, cross, contentious, disputatious, litigious

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1. quarrelsomeadjective

   Synonyms:
   disputatious, contentious, irascible, choleric, litigious, pugnacious, brawling

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1. List of paraphrases for "quarrelsome":

   cruel

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1. William Penn:

   All excess is ill, but drunkenness is of the worst sort. It spoils health, dismounts the mind, and unmans men. It reveals secrets, is quarrelsome, lascivious, impudent, dangerous and bad.

2. Proverb:

   It’s better to live alone in the corner of an attic than with a quarrelsome wife in a lovely home

3. Jerome K. Jerome:

   I attribute the quarrelsome nature of the Middle Ages young men entirely to the want of the soothing weed.