What does quarrelsome mean?
Definitions for quarrelsome
ˈkwɔr əl səm, ˈkwɒr-quar·rel·some
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Princeton's WordNet
quarrelsomeadjective
given to quarreling
"arguing children"; "quarrelsome when drinking"
Wiktionary
quarrelsomeadjective
Argumentative; belligerent; contentious; given to quarreling.
She's too quarrelsome to participate in a civil conversation.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
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.
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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
Quarrelsomeadjective
apt or disposed to quarrel; given to brawls and contention; easily irritated or provoked to contest; irascible; choleric
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of quarrelsome in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of quarrelsome in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
Examples of quarrelsome in a Sentence
It’s better to live alone in the corner of an attic than with a quarrelsome wife in a lovely home
I attribute the quarrelsome nature of the Middle Ages young men entirely to the want of the soothing weed.
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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