Thesaurus:quarrelsome

Thesaurus:quarrelsome

THESAURUS

quarrelsome

English

Synonyms

• argumentative

• bellicose

• belligerent

• contentious

• disputatious

• factious

• fractious

• litigious

• logomachic

• pettifogging

• quarrelsome

• strifeful

• unpacific

Antonyms

• calm    [WS]

• mediational

• peaceable

Hyponyms

• litigious

• perverse    [WS]

Hypernyms

• enthusiastic    [WS]

• eristic

• passionate

See also

• combative    [WS]

• dispute    [WS]

• irritable    [WS]

Further reading

• “713. discord” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “901. irascibility” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “quarrelsome” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.