† batefuladj.
Obsolete.
Full of strife, quarrelsome, contentious.
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society > society and the community > dissent > contention or strife > [adjective] > characterized by
unpeaceablec1384
contentiousc1430
battlefulc1449
sturtful1568
bateful1582
wrestlinga1593
militant1603
concertative1727
adversarial1839
adversative1849
conflictual1961
fuck you1962
confrontational1975
society > society and the community > dissent > quarrel or quarrelling > [adjective] > quarrelsome
sakfulc1000
strifefula1382
litigiousc1384
barratous1430
tuilyier-like1444
mellyvousc1450
toilousc1450
debatous1483
debatefula1492
sturtinga1500
squaringc1530
striving1530
contentious1533
factious1533
quarrellous?1567
quarrelsome1576
bateful1582
mutinous1589
discordful1596
tuilyiesomec1598
brabbling1603
bangling1615
brangling1621
rixosous1623
pugnacious1642
stickling1642
pugnatory1656
litigiose1677
vitilitigious1683
fire-eating1811
wranglesome1817
vitilitigating1819
combativea1834
brawlsome1845
battlesome1877
fighty1888
scrappy1895
tasty1974
1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil Descr. Liparen in tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis 95 Thee surlye God, angerd..too wrath towns bat'ful on eggeth.
1593 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia 95 And taught his sheep her sheep in food to thwart; Which soon as it did bateful question frame, etc.
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