quarrelsome

English

Etymology

From quarrel +‎ -some.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkwɒɹəlsəm/
• (General American) enPR: kwôrʹəlsəm, IPA^(key): /ˈkwɔɹəlsəm/
• (New York City) enPR: kwŏrʹəlsəm, IPA^(key): /ˈkwɑɹəlsəm/

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• Rhymes: -ɒɹəlsəm
• Hyphenation: quar‧rel‧some

Adjective

quarrelsome (comparative more quarrelsome, superlative most quarrelsome)

1. Argumentative; fond of or prone to quarreling.

   Synonyms: belligerent, combative, contentious, litigious; see also Thesaurus:quarrelsome

   She's too quarrelsome to participate in a civil conversation.

   • 1625, Francis [Bacon], “Of Trauaile”, in The Essayes […], 3rd edition, London: […] Iohn Haviland for Hanna Barret, →OCLC, page 104:

     And let a Man bevvare, hovv he keepeth Company, vvith Cholerick and Quarelſome Perſons; for they vvill engage him into their ovvne Quarels.

   • 1940, Rosetta E. Clarkson, Green Enchantments: The Magic Spell of Gardens, The Macmillan Company, page 254:

     Rampion grown in the cottage garden made the children of the house quarrelsome; breathing deeply into a handful of mint refreshed your senses, but aconite could cause your death.

Derived terms

• quarrelsomely
• quarrelsomeness
• unquarrelsome

Translations

given to quarreling

• Amharic: ነገረኛ (nägäräña)
• Bulgarian: свадлив (bg) (svadliv)
• Czech: hádavý (cs) m
• Dutch: twistziek (nl), ruzieachtig (nl)
• Esperanto: kverelema
• Finnish: riitaisa (fi), räyhäkäs (fi), toraisa (fi)
• French: querelleux (fr) m, querelleur (fr) m
• Georgian: მოჩხუბარი (močxubari), ჩხუბის თავი (čxubis tavi)
• German: streitsüchtig (de), zänkisch (de), unverträglich, zanksüchtig (de), händelsüchtig, hadersüchtig, streitlustig (de)
• Greek: κακότροπος (el) (kakótropos)
• Hungarian: veszekedős (hu)
• Irish: achrannach, clamprach, imreasach, cointinneach, trodach, anglánta, argánta, bruíonach
• Māori: pākani, tumatuma, nihoniho, pakapaka, ngaweri, toheriri
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: trettekjær, kranglevoren

  Nynorsk: trettekjær, kranglevoren

• Polish: swarliwy, kłótliwy (pl), awanturniczy (pl)
• Russian: сварливый (ru) (svarlivyj), склочный (ru) (skločnyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: connsachail, connspaideach, dranndanach
• Spanish: rijoso (es), pleitista, leguleyo (es), porfiador, quilombero (es), picapleitos (es), querelloso, querellante (es), querellador (es), pendenciero (es), camorrista (es), peleón
• Swedish: grälsjuk (sv)
• Tagalog: palabangay
• Welsh: cwerylgar (cy), ffraegar, cecrus (cy), cynhennus (cy), ymrafaelgar, ymrysongar