Definition of quarrelsome in English:

quarrelsome

adjective ˈkwɒr(ə)ls(ə)m

Given to or characterized by quarrelling.
a moody, quarrelsome man
Example sentencesExamples
- Luther adds the final piece to the happy ending, giving the cruise tickets away to his formerly quarrelsome neighbors (the wife has cancer and the husband has been demoted).
- The negative side came about largely through his personality which is described in as: -… occasionally choleric, quarrelsome, and given to invectives.
- Disillusioned by both Stalinism and the conformity of cold war America, he and his wife, Mickey, questioned whether an effective left could be built at all from its quarrelsome subculture of factions.
- So if you see history as politics viewed from afar, you begin to understand that history is a controversial, argumentative and quarrelsome subject - much the same as politics.
- René Descartes has always been one of the more appealing philosophers, not least because he was so human, quarrelsome and frequently bone idle.
- His nameless sorrows ensure that he stands aloof, his distance from the other characters endowing him with a wisdom absent in the quarrelsome officers and journalists.
- One of the disqualifications for leadership in a church, and it should similarly be a disqualification from an office of public trust, is someone who is quarrelsome or overbearing.
- By now his hostile rhetoric has carried him beyond the self-discipline of consistency, and he becomes merely quarrelsome and captious.
- The writers and intellectuals in the Congress for Cultural Freedom were, like writers everywhere, temperamental and quarrelsome.
- On the few occasions I've listened to the show, I wondered how anyone can stomach such quarrelsome bile that early in the morning.
- Then, too, Michelangelo had a quarrelsome disposition, and he was harsh in his criticism of others.
- The intelligence offices decided that the Scouts were quarrelsome and difficult to manage and so substituted girls for boys.
- Though Cook was a seasoned campaigner known for beating the odds, he could not overcome a severe loss in public confidence at the end of a quarrelsome and often hostile primary campaign.
- According to the British District Gazetteer for 1904, ‘with some exceptions these priests are ignorant and quarrelsome, and are by no means popular in the neighbourhood.’
- That said, a Japanese beer company seems to have come up with an excellent way to handle noisy, quarrelsome children: give them a drink.
- Whenever he took cocaine, he became violent and quarrelsome.
- All these failings point to a public transit system thought of by officials as only more social welfare for the quarrelsome masses.
- The Crusades did manage to reduce the number of quarrelsome and contentious knights in Europe.
- Campbell has taken an uncharacteristic vow of silence, leaving it to the others in this quarrelsome quartet to talk of his achievements and share anecdotes of his colourful career.
- He turned into a Dublin ‘character’: a querulous, quarrelsome countryman with a sharp tongue and an axe to grind.
Synonyms
argumentative, disputatious, disputative, contentious, confrontational, captious, factious, cavilling, pugnacious, combative, ready for a fight, defiant, hostile, antagonistic, bellicose, belligerent, militant, warring, fighting, battling
threatening, litigious
irascible, cantankerous, irritable, petulant, truculent, fiery, quick-tempered, hot-tempered, ill-tempered, bad-tempered, choleric
bickering, wrangling
British informal stroppy
North American informal scrappy

Derivatives

quarrelsomely

adverbˈkwɒr(ə)ls(ə)mli

A powerfully built, middle-aged Irishman was standing at one end of that long table, and listening to the tale of the policeman who, finding him quarrelsomely and noisily drunk, and not being able to prevail with him to go home, had arrested him.
Example sentencesExamples
- Richard, in his shirtsleeves, looks at him half quarrelsomely for a moment; then, with a nod, acknowledges that the minister has got the better of him, and sits down on the seat.
- Acquire the habit of challenging everything in the books you use, not quarrelsomely, but enquiringly.

quarrelsomeness

noun ˈkwɒr(ə)ls(ə)mnəs

Dr. Young has found that taking tryptophan can affect human social behavior, decreasing aggression, irritability and quarrelsomeness.
Example sentencesExamples
- In the weeks that followed, I tried to pick up their trail - and found most people confine them to the fringes of cities or the wilderness, seeing them as layabouts addicted to drink and drugs and quarrelsomeness.
- Winnemucca's failure to successfully connect with pro-Indian political groups is attributed to the personal hatred of one Indian agent, rather than her own well-documented quarrelsomeness or her policy position.
- From all the corners of the old political world, the rebels against the Matrix are gathering force; only their fragmentation and quarrelsomeness make them, for the moment, not completely formidable.
- The Celts were characterized by quarrelsomeness, both within the tribe and in their indulgence in inter-tribal warfare.

Definition of quarrelsome in US English:

quarrelsome

adjective

Given to or characterized by quarreling.
a moody, quarrelsome man
Example sentencesExamples
- The writers and intellectuals in the Congress for Cultural Freedom were, like writers everywhere, temperamental and quarrelsome.
- Disillusioned by both Stalinism and the conformity of cold war America, he and his wife, Mickey, questioned whether an effective left could be built at all from its quarrelsome subculture of factions.
- René Descartes has always been one of the more appealing philosophers, not least because he was so human, quarrelsome and frequently bone idle.
- One of the disqualifications for leadership in a church, and it should similarly be a disqualification from an office of public trust, is someone who is quarrelsome or overbearing.
- Though Cook was a seasoned campaigner known for beating the odds, he could not overcome a severe loss in public confidence at the end of a quarrelsome and often hostile primary campaign.
- The negative side came about largely through his personality which is described in as: -… occasionally choleric, quarrelsome, and given to invectives.
- He turned into a Dublin ‘character’: a querulous, quarrelsome countryman with a sharp tongue and an axe to grind.
- So if you see history as politics viewed from afar, you begin to understand that history is a controversial, argumentative and quarrelsome subject - much the same as politics.
- On the few occasions I've listened to the show, I wondered how anyone can stomach such quarrelsome bile that early in the morning.
- Luther adds the final piece to the happy ending, giving the cruise tickets away to his formerly quarrelsome neighbors (the wife has cancer and the husband has been demoted).
- That said, a Japanese beer company seems to have come up with an excellent way to handle noisy, quarrelsome children: give them a drink.
- By now his hostile rhetoric has carried him beyond the self-discipline of consistency, and he becomes merely quarrelsome and captious.
- The intelligence offices decided that the Scouts were quarrelsome and difficult to manage and so substituted girls for boys.
- The Crusades did manage to reduce the number of quarrelsome and contentious knights in Europe.
- Campbell has taken an uncharacteristic vow of silence, leaving it to the others in this quarrelsome quartet to talk of his achievements and share anecdotes of his colourful career.
- Whenever he took cocaine, he became violent and quarrelsome.
- According to the British District Gazetteer for 1904, ‘with some exceptions these priests are ignorant and quarrelsome, and are by no means popular in the neighbourhood.’
- Then, too, Michelangelo had a quarrelsome disposition, and he was harsh in his criticism of others.
- His nameless sorrows ensure that he stands aloof, his distance from the other characters endowing him with a wisdom absent in the quarrelsome officers and journalists.
- All these failings point to a public transit system thought of by officials as only more social welfare for the quarrelsome masses.
Synonyms
argumentative, disputatious, disputative, contentious, confrontational, captious, factious, cavilling, pugnacious, combative, ready for a fight, defiant, hostile, antagonistic, bellicose, belligerent, militant, warring, fighting, battling

单词	quarrelsome
释义	Definition of quarrelsome in English: quarrelsome adjective ˈkwɒr(ə)ls(ə)m Given to or characterized by quarrelling. a moody, quarrelsome man Example sentencesExamples Luther adds the final piece to the happy ending, giving the cruise tickets away to his formerly quarrelsome neighbors (the wife has cancer and the husband has been demoted). The negative side came about largely through his personality which is described in as: -… occasionally choleric, quarrelsome, and given to invectives. Disillusioned by both Stalinism and the conformity of cold war America, he and his wife, Mickey, questioned whether an effective left could be built at all from its quarrelsome subculture of factions. So if you see history as politics viewed from afar, you begin to understand that history is a controversial, argumentative and quarrelsome subject - much the same as politics. René Descartes has always been one of the more appealing philosophers, not least because he was so human, quarrelsome and frequently bone idle. His nameless sorrows ensure that he stands aloof, his distance from the other characters endowing him with a wisdom absent in the quarrelsome officers and journalists. One of the disqualifications for leadership in a church, and it should similarly be a disqualification from an office of public trust, is someone who is quarrelsome or overbearing. By now his hostile rhetoric has carried him beyond the self-discipline of consistency, and he becomes merely quarrelsome and captious. The writers and intellectuals in the Congress for Cultural Freedom were, like writers everywhere, temperamental and quarrelsome. On the few occasions I've listened to the show, I wondered how anyone can stomach such quarrelsome bile that early in the morning. Then, too, Michelangelo had a quarrelsome disposition, and he was harsh in his criticism of others. The intelligence offices decided that the Scouts were quarrelsome and difficult to manage and so substituted girls for boys. Though Cook was a seasoned campaigner known for beating the odds, he could not overcome a severe loss in public confidence at the end of a quarrelsome and often hostile primary campaign. According to the British District Gazetteer for 1904, ‘with some exceptions these priests are ignorant and quarrelsome, and are by no means popular in the neighbourhood.’ That said, a Japanese beer company seems to have come up with an excellent way to handle noisy, quarrelsome children: give them a drink. Whenever he took cocaine, he became violent and quarrelsome. All these failings point to a public transit system thought of by officials as only more social welfare for the quarrelsome masses. The Crusades did manage to reduce the number of quarrelsome and contentious knights in Europe. Campbell has taken an uncharacteristic vow of silence, leaving it to the others in this quarrelsome quartet to talk of his achievements and share anecdotes of his colourful career. He turned into a Dublin ‘character’: a querulous, quarrelsome countryman with a sharp tongue and an axe to grind. Synonyms argumentative, disputatious, disputative, contentious, confrontational, captious, factious, cavilling, pugnacious, combative, ready for a fight, defiant, hostile, antagonistic, bellicose, belligerent, militant, warring, fighting, battling threatening, litigious irascible, cantankerous, irritable, petulant, truculent, fiery, quick-tempered, hot-tempered, ill-tempered, bad-tempered, choleric bickering, wrangling British informal stroppy North American informal scrappy Derivatives quarrelsomely adverbˈkwɒr(ə)ls(ə)mli A powerfully built, middle-aged Irishman was standing at one end of that long table, and listening to the tale of the policeman who, finding him quarrelsomely and noisily drunk, and not being able to prevail with him to go home, had arrested him. Example sentencesExamples Richard, in his shirtsleeves, looks at him half quarrelsomely for a moment; then, with a nod, acknowledges that the minister has got the better of him, and sits down on the seat. Acquire the habit of challenging everything in the books you use, not quarrelsomely, but enquiringly. quarrelsomeness noun ˈkwɒr(ə)ls(ə)mnəs Dr. Young has found that taking tryptophan can affect human social behavior, decreasing aggression, irritability and quarrelsomeness. Example sentencesExamples In the weeks that followed, I tried to pick up their trail - and found most people confine them to the fringes of cities or the wilderness, seeing them as layabouts addicted to drink and drugs and quarrelsomeness. Winnemucca's failure to successfully connect with pro-Indian political groups is attributed to the personal hatred of one Indian agent, rather than her own well-documented quarrelsomeness or her policy position. From all the corners of the old political world, the rebels against the Matrix are gathering force; only their fragmentation and quarrelsomeness make them, for the moment, not completely formidable. The Celts were characterized by quarrelsomeness, both within the tribe and in their indulgence in inter-tribal warfare. Definition of quarrelsome in US English: quarrelsome adjective Given to or characterized by quarreling. a moody, quarrelsome man Example sentencesExamples The writers and intellectuals in the Congress for Cultural Freedom were, like writers everywhere, temperamental and quarrelsome. Disillusioned by both Stalinism and the conformity of cold war America, he and his wife, Mickey, questioned whether an effective left could be built at all from its quarrelsome subculture of factions. René Descartes has always been one of the more appealing philosophers, not least because he was so human, quarrelsome and frequently bone idle. One of the disqualifications for leadership in a church, and it should similarly be a disqualification from an office of public trust, is someone who is quarrelsome or overbearing. Though Cook was a seasoned campaigner known for beating the odds, he could not overcome a severe loss in public confidence at the end of a quarrelsome and often hostile primary campaign. The negative side came about largely through his personality which is described in as: -… occasionally choleric, quarrelsome, and given to invectives. He turned into a Dublin ‘character’: a querulous, quarrelsome countryman with a sharp tongue and an axe to grind. So if you see history as politics viewed from afar, you begin to understand that history is a controversial, argumentative and quarrelsome subject - much the same as politics. On the few occasions I've listened to the show, I wondered how anyone can stomach such quarrelsome bile that early in the morning. Luther adds the final piece to the happy ending, giving the cruise tickets away to his formerly quarrelsome neighbors (the wife has cancer and the husband has been demoted). That said, a Japanese beer company seems to have come up with an excellent way to handle noisy, quarrelsome children: give them a drink. By now his hostile rhetoric has carried him beyond the self-discipline of consistency, and he becomes merely quarrelsome and captious. The intelligence offices decided that the Scouts were quarrelsome and difficult to manage and so substituted girls for boys. The Crusades did manage to reduce the number of quarrelsome and contentious knights in Europe. Campbell has taken an uncharacteristic vow of silence, leaving it to the others in this quarrelsome quartet to talk of his achievements and share anecdotes of his colourful career. Whenever he took cocaine, he became violent and quarrelsome. According to the British District Gazetteer for 1904, ‘with some exceptions these priests are ignorant and quarrelsome, and are by no means popular in the neighbourhood.’ Then, too, Michelangelo had a quarrelsome disposition, and he was harsh in his criticism of others. His nameless sorrows ensure that he stands aloof, his distance from the other characters endowing him with a wisdom absent in the quarrelsome officers and journalists. All these failings point to a public transit system thought of by officials as only more social welfare for the quarrelsome masses. Synonyms argumentative, disputatious, disputative, contentious, confrontational, captious, factious, cavilling, pugnacious, combative, ready for a fight, defiant, hostile, antagonistic, bellicose, belligerent, militant, warring, fighting, battling
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