quarrelsome in English
His nameless sorrows ensure that he stands aloof, his distance from the other characters endowing him with a wisdom absent in the quarrelsome officers and journalists.
Use "quarrelsome" in a sentence
1. He had turned quarrelsome.
2. I know I'm quarrelsome.
3. He has a quarrelsome disposition.
4. His brothers were greedy and quarrelsome.
5. He gets quarrelsome in his cups.
6. They are quarrelsome, primitive, demanding and messy.
7. We are not either fidgety or quarrelsome now.
8. So is a quarrelsome person for kindling strife.
9. Than with a quarrelsome* and irritable wife.
10. It is quarrelsome at home and abroad.
11. He became quarrelsome after drinking too much.
12. A Belligerent stare She is very Belligerent and quarrelsome.
13. He tends to get quarrelsome when he is drunk.
14. A quarrelsome wife is like a leaking roof (13)
15. The diary portrays his family as quarrelsome and malicious.
16. Brabbler (plural Brabblers) A clamorous, quarrelsome, noisy person; a wrangler
17. When he drinks too much he becomes moody and quarrelsome.
18. Benedict had been a wild boy and a quarrelsome young man.
19. 6 Michael Beard is rackety, quarrelsome, competitive, greedy, ambitious, politicking.
20. Brabbler (plural Brabblers) ( obsolete ) A clamorous, quarrelsome, noisy person; a wrangler
21. Brabbler (plural Brabblers) ( obsolete ) A clamorous, quarrelsome, noisy person; a wrangler
22. Some common synonyms of Contentious are bellicose, belligerent, pugnacious, and quarrelsome
23. Some common synonyms of Belligerent are bellicose, contentious, pugnacious, and quarrelsome
24. Conversely, to be angry, quarrelsome, or brave marks one off as not human.
25. Contentiousness: 1 n an inclination to be quarrelsome and contentious Synonyms: quarrelsomeness Types: litigiousness a quarrelsome disposition to engage in or carry on lawsuits Type of: disagreeableness an ill-tempered and offensive disposition
26. Although colorful, active, and good feeders, they are apt to be a little quarrelsome.
27. Are Mr and Mrs Smith always as quarrelsome as they've been this evening?
28. Synonyms for Cattish include catty, petulant, cantankerous, snappy, nagging, discontented, quarrelsome, irritable, peevish and criticizing
29. 15 A quarrelsome* wife is like a constantly leaking roof on a rainy day.
30. The boy is quarrelsome and ready to fight at the drop of a hat.
31. They became cranky and quarrelsome, and stopped most of their activities in order to conserve energy.
32. Under the industrial mode of life, humans subjugated in vast quarrelsome patriarchal nation - states.
33. Synonyms for Bolshie include argumentative, belligerent, crabby, difficult, grouchy, quarrelsome, stroppy, tetchy, contrary and contumacious
34. 1500, "quarrelsome, apt to contend," from Latin contentiosus "obstinate, quarrelsome," from contentionem (nominative contentio) "a vigorous struggling, a contest, a fight," noun of action from past-participle stem of contendere (see contend).Related: Contentiously; contentiousness.
35. 10 He depicts his noisy, disordered, life-loving, quarrelsome, self-absorbed family with a historian's detachment.
36. 1500, "quarrelsome, apt to contend," from Latin contentiosus "obstinate, quarrelsome," from contentionem (nominative contentio) "a vigorous struggling, a contest, a fight," noun of action from past-participle stem of contendere (see contend).Related: Contentiously; Contentiousness.
37. Even quarrelsome members of the leadership, like William Joyce, appear to have been attracted to the movement by such motives.
38. As Tracy Adams herself admits, at first she had assumed that Isabeau's historical reputation--as someone who was Cupidinous, dissolute, greedy, quarrelsome, fractious, obese, and an unnatural mother--was factual
39. Some common synonyms of Bellicose are belligerent, contentious, pugnacious, and quarrelsome. While all these words mean "having an aggressive or fighting attitude," Bellicose suggests a disposition to fight
40. Hypernyms ("Contentiousness" is a kind of): disagreeableness (an ill-tempered and offensive disposition) Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Contentiousness"): litigiousness (a quarrelsome disposition to …
41. “Battle axe” implies an aggressively opinionated and loudly quarrelsome woman, but not necessarily a bitter or all-around negative one; while a “Curmudgeon” is a bitter, negative, stubborn man who voices his staunch disappro
42. (Romans 13:1, King James Version) In 1904 the book The New Creation stated that true Christians “should be found amongst the most law-abiding of the present time—not agitators, not quarrelsome, not fault-finders.”
43. Argumentative: 1 adj given to or characterized by argument “an Argumentative discourse” “ Argumentative to the point of being cantankerous” “an intelligent but Argumentative child” Synonyms: quarrelsome given to quarreling combative , contentious , disputatious , disputative , litigious inclined or showing an inclination to dispute or
44. ‘While Ralph was the Choleric loser, Ed was the lucky buffoon.’ ‘The negative side came about largely through his personality which is described as ‘occasionally Choleric, quarrelsome, and given to invectives.’’ ‘Indeed, the political system accommodated the interests and Choleric attitudes of both men with little difficulty.’
45. Crosspatch: 1 n a bad-tempered person Synonyms: churl , crank , grouch , grump Types: show 4 types hide 4 types crab , crabby person a quarrelsome grouch fire-eater , hothead a belligerent grouch misanthrope , misanthropist someone who dislikes people in general misogynist , woman hater a misanthrope who dislikes women in particular Type
46. ‘On the other hand Bach, despite his Cantankerously quarrelsome nature, is seen as a genius superior even to Mozart (a rather futile comparison hardly worth attempting).’ ‘We didn't exactly run the school, but there were many things that were left to us, and we debated over them Cantankerously.’
47. 1902, Rudyard Kipling, The Butterfly that Stamped, in Just So Stories, reprinted in 2004, The Complete Children's Short Stories, page 366, Of course if he had chosen to turn his ring on his finger and call up the Djinns and the Afrits they would have magicked all those nine hundred and ninety-nine quarrelsome wives into