quarrelers
Those who bicker
Quarrelers are people who engage in angry disputes or arguments.
The word suggests habitual behavior—not just someone having a single disagreement, but someone prone to verbal conflict: The two quarrelers had been feuding for years.
Also spelled quarrellers.
Those who contend
- bickerersThose who argue pettily
- squabblersThose who argue pettily
- wranglersLivestock handlers on ranches
- arguersPeople who contest points
combatants · antagonists · adversaries · opponents · feuders · litigants · contenders · rivals
Resistance between touching surfaces
- tensionStretched or strained state
- discordLack of agreement
- enmityBitter, lasting ill will
- hostilityAntagonistic disposition toward others
antagonism · animosity · bad blood · ill-will · resentment · estrangement · strife · dissension
Inclined to dispute
- contentiousInclined toward disagreement
- combativeInclined toward conflict
- belligerentHostile and eager to clash
- pugnaciousInclined to quarrel
disputatious · confrontational · antagonistic · bellicose · truculent · obstinate · disagreeable · irascible
disputants
Those who contend
- bickerersThose who argue pettily
- squabblersThose who argue pettily
- wranglersLivestock handlers on ranches
arguers · combatants · antagonists · adversaries · opponents · feuders · litigants · contenders · rivals · foes
friction
Resistance between touching surfaces
hostility · antagonism · animosity · bad blood · ill-will · resentment · estrangement · strife · dissension · acrimony
argumentative
Inclined to dispute
- contentiousInclined toward disagreement
- combativeInclined toward conflict
- belligerentHostile and eager to clash
pugnacious · disputatious · confrontational · antagonistic · bellicose · truculent · obstinate · disagreeable · irascible · petulant
arguments
Disputes or reasoning chains
- disputesClashes over differing positions
- squabblesMinor heated disagreements
- spatsMinor verbal clashes
tiffs · rows · bickering · wrangles · feuds · altercations · clashes · disagreements · fights · shouting matches
quarrelerspeacemakers
Those who resolve conflicts
mediators · reconcilers · harmonizers · conciliators · uniters
- quarreled withEngaged in angry dispute