A quarrelsome child has few friends. On our idle days they were mutinous and quarrelsome, finding fault with their pork, the bread, etc., and in continual ill humor (Benjamin Franklin).
SYNONYM(S): choleric, irascible, disputatious.Useful english dictionary. 2012.
quar´rel|some|ly — quar|rel|some «KWAWR uhsuhm, KWOR », adjective. too ready to quarrel; fond of fighting and disputing: »A quarrelsome child has few friends. On our idle days they were mutinous and quarrelsome, finding fault with their pork, the bread, etc., and… … Useful english dictionary
quar|rel|some — «KWAWR uhsuhm, KWOR », adjective. too ready to quarrel; fond of fighting and disputing: »A quarrelsome child has few friends. On our idle days they were mutinous and quarrelsome, finding fault with their pork, the bread, etc., and in continual… … Useful english dictionary
ness — ness·ber·ry; ness·ler·iza·tion; ness·ler·ize; ness·ler s; new·fan·gled·ness; new·ness; news·i·ness; nice·ness; nig·gard·li·ness; nig·gard·ness; nigh·ness; nip·pi·ness; no·ble·ness; nois·i·ness; non·cha·lant·ness; north·er·li·ness; north·ness;… … English syllables
rel — al·ba·rel·lo; am·ba·rel·la; as·ka·rel; au·rel·lia; bar·rel·age; bar·rel·ful; bec·que·rel; bec·que·rel·ite; bor·rel; bor·rel·ia; bor·rel·o·my·ce·ta·ce·ae; bu·rel·ly; can·tha·rel·lus; car·rel; cer·cos·po·rel·la; chlo·rel·la; chu·rel; co·rel·la;… … English syllables
quar — an·ti·quar·i·an·ism; mac·quar·ie; quar; quar·an·tin·able; quar·an·tin·er; quar·en·tene; quar·reled; quar·rel·er; quar·rel·some; quar·rel·some·ly; quar·rel·some·ness; quar·ri·able; quar·ried; quar·ri·er; quar·ri·on; quar·ry·man; quar·ta·tion;… … English syllables
quarrelsomeness — quar·rel·some·ness … English syllables
Quarrelsome — Quar rel*some, a. Apt or disposed to quarrel; given to brawls and contention; easily irritated or provoked to contest; irascible; choleric. [1913 Webster] Syn: Pugnacious; irritable; irascible; brawling; choleric; fiery; petulant. [1913 Webster]… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Quarrelsomely — Quarrelsome Quar rel*some, a. Apt or disposed to quarrel; given to brawls and contention; easily irritated or provoked to contest; irascible; choleric. [1913 Webster] Syn: Pugnacious; irritable; irascible; brawling; choleric; fiery; petulant.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Quarrelsomeness — Quarrelsome Quar rel*some, a. Apt or disposed to quarrel; given to brawls and contention; easily irritated or provoked to contest; irascible; choleric. [1913 Webster] Syn: Pugnacious; irritable; irascible; brawling; choleric; fiery; petulant.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
er — er·i·an·thus; er·ic; er·i·ca; er·i·ca·ce·ae; er·i·cad; er·i·ca·les; er·i·ce·tal; er·i·ce·tic·o·lous; er·i·coid; er·i·co·phyte; erig·er·on; er·i·glos·sa; er·ik·ite; er·i·na·ceous; er·i·na·ceus; er·in·ite; er·i·nose; er·i·o·bot·rya;… … English syllables
