quarrelsome

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
22
Words With Friends
25
Letters
11
Pronunciation
/ˈkwɒɹəlsəm/
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/ˈkwɒɹəlsəm/ · /ˈkwɔɹəlsəm/ · /ˈkwɑɹəlsəm/

Definition of quarrelsome

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. Argumentative; fond of or prone to quarreling.
    “She's too quarrelsome to participate in a civil conversation.”
    “And let a Man bevvare, hovv he keepeth Company, vvith Cholerick and Quarelſome Perſons; for they vvill engage him into their ovvne Quarels.”
    “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.”

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Etymology

From quarrel + -some.

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