Usually means: Prone to arguments and disputes.
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We found 24 dictionaries that define the word Quarrelsome:

General (23 matching dictionaries)
  1. quarrelsome: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. quarrelsome: Merriam-Webster
  3. quarrelsome: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. quarrelsome: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. quarrelsome: Collins English Dictionary
  6. quarrelsome: Vocabulary.com
  7. Quarrelsome, quarrelsome: Wordnik
  8. quarrelsome: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. quarrelsome: Wiktionary
  10. quarrelsome: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. quarrelsome: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. quarrelsome: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. Quarrelsome, quarrelsome: Dictionary.com
  14. Quarrelsome: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  15. quarrelsome: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  16. quarrelsome: Rhymezone
  17. Quarrelsome: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  18. quarrelsome: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  19. quarrelsome: FreeDictionary.org
  20. quarrelsome: Mnemonic Dictionary
  21. quarrelsome: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. quarrelsome: Legal dictionary

(Note: See quarrelsomely as well.)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (quarrelsome)

▸ adjective:  Argumentative; fond of or prone to quarreling.

Similar:
arguing, argumentative, quarrelous, quarrellous, fractious, squabbly, squabblesome, wranglesome, brawlsome, argumentatious, more...

Opposite:
amicable, friendly, peaceful, pleasant

Types:
belligerent, combative, contentious, disputatious, fractious, pugnacious, more...

Phrases:
more exuberant or quarrelsome, quarrelsome nature, more...

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Similar:
arguing, argumentative, quarrelous, quarrellous, fractious, squabbly, squabblesome, wranglesome, brawlsome, argumentatious, more...

Opposite:
amicable, friendly, peaceful, pleasant

Types:
belligerent, combative, contentious, disputatious, fractious, pugnacious, more...

Phrases:
more exuberant or quarrelsome, quarrelsome nature, more...



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