bickerer
One who quarrels
A bickerer is someone who engages in petty, prolonged arguments.
The word implies habitual squabbling over minor matters rather than substantive disagreement: Those two are such bickerers—they argued for twenty minutes about whose turn it was to choose the restaurant.
One who argues pettily
- wranglerLivestock handler on ranches
- arguerOne who debates
- disputerOne who challenges claims
- feuderPerson in prolonged conflict
scrapper · fighter · combatant · antagonist · sparring · clashing · confrontational · contentious
One who criticizes trivial details
- quibblerOne who raises petty objections
- faultfinderOne who criticizes constantly
- cavilerOne who nitpicks
- carperHabitual faultfinder
hairsplitter · pettifogger · nagger · complainer · gripper · trivial · trifling · minor
Ill-tempered person
- crankRotary operating handle
- grouchHabitually irritable person
- curmudgeonIll-tempered, stubborn person
- sourpussHabitually sullen person
hothead · irascible · testy · peevish · touchy · snappish · short-tempered · thin-skinned
Persisting over time
- constantFixed, unvarying quantity
- persistentContinuing despite difficulty
- incessantNever pausing or stopping
- relentlessContinuing without pause
perpetual · continuous · repeated · frequent · recurring · serial · compulsive · incorrigible
squabbler
One who argues pettily
feuder · scrapper · fighter · combatant · antagonist · sparring · clashing · confrontational · contentious · pugnacious
nitpicker
One who criticizes trivial details
- quibblerOne who raises petty objections
- faultfinderOne who criticizes constantly
- cavilerOne who nitpicks
carper · hairsplitter · pettifogger · nagger · complainer · gripper · trivial · trifling · minor · small-minded
grump
Ill-tempered person
- crankRotary operating handle
- grouchHabitually irritable person
- curmudgeonIll-tempered, stubborn person
sourpuss · hothead · irascible · testy · peevish · touchy · snappish · short-tempered · thin-skinned · cantankerous
chronic
Persisting over time
- constantFixed, unvarying quantity
- persistentContinuing despite difficulty
- incessantNever pausing or stopping
relentless · perpetual · continuous · repeated · frequent · recurring · serial · compulsive · incorrigible · unrelenting
- talkerstalker, chatterbox, motormouth, motor-mouth, loudmouth
- disputantsarguer, debater, disputant, quarreler, squabbler
- arguersarguer, debater, disputant, disputer, quarreler
- criticscritic, critics, criticizer, criticizers, faultfinder
bickererpeacemaker
Conflict resolution agent
mediator · harmonizer · reconciler · conciliator · peacekeeper
- bicker like a married coupleArgue with comfortable hostility
- bickering like a married coupleConstant minor arguing between intimates
- bickering like an old married couplePetty arguing born of intimacy
- bicker like an old married coupleFight without real stakes