What does quarrelsome mean?

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

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. quarrelsomeadjective

    given to quarreling

    "arguing children"; "quarrelsome when drinking"

Wiktionary

  1. quarrelsomeadjective

    Argumentative; belligerent; contentious; given to quarreling.

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

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Quarrelsomeadjective

    Inclined to brawls; easily irritated; irascible; cholerick; petulant.

    Etymology: from quarrel.

    Cholerick and quarrelsome persons will engage one into their quarrels. Francis Bacon, Essays.

    There needs no more to the setting of the whole world in a flame, than a quarrelsome plaintiff and defendant. Roger L'Estrange.

ChatGPT

  1. quarrelsome

    Quarrelsome refers to a person who is inclined to argue or dispute often; someone who is antagonistic, contentious, or always eager to start disagreements or provoke confrontation.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Quarrelsomeadjective

    apt or disposed to quarrel; given to brawls and contention; easily irritated or provoked to contest; irascible; choleric

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of quarrelsome in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of quarrelsome in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of quarrelsome in a Sentence

  1. Proverb:

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

  2. Jerome K. Jerome:

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

  3. 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.

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