quarrelsomeness
Love of disputes
Quarrelsomeness is the tendency to pick fights or engage in petty disputes.
A quarrelsome person seems always ready to argue, taking offense easily and turning small disagreements into conflicts: His quarrelsomeness made him exhausting to be around.
The word suggests an irritable, combative disposition rather than principled disagreement.
Fond of arguing
- contentiousInclined toward disagreement
- combativeInclined toward conflict
- confrontationalInclined toward hostile encounters
- contraryOpposed in nature
disagreeable · bickering · nagging · nitpicking · fault-finding · provocative · antagonizing · needling
Easily provoked to annoyance
- cantankerousBad-tempered and argumentative
- peevishHabitually fretful
- testyShort-tempered, easily provoked
- touchyEasily upset or offended
cranky · petulant · fractious · ornery · choleric · irascible · splenetic · grumpy
Hostile and eager to clash
- pugnaciousInclined to quarrel
- bellicoseInclined toward aggression
- truculentAggressively hostile disposition
- hostileAggressively unfriendly
aggressive · combative · militant · scrappy · feisty · warlike · fierce · antagonistic
disputatious
Fond of arguing
- contentiousInclined toward disagreement
- combativeInclined toward conflict
- confrontationalInclined toward hostile encounters
contrary · disagreeable · bickering · nagging · nitpicking · fault-finding · provocative · antagonizing · needling · goading
irritable
Easily provoked to annoyance
- cantankerousBad-tempered and argumentative
- peevishHabitually fretful
- testyShort-tempered, easily provoked
touchy · cranky · petulant · fractious · ornery · choleric · irascible · splenetic · grumpy · crotchety
belligerent
Hostile and eager to clash
- pugnaciousInclined to quarrel
- bellicoseInclined toward aggression
- truculentAggressively hostile disposition
hostile · aggressive · combative · militant · scrappy · feisty · warlike · fierce · antagonistic · threatening
dispute
Verbal clash over differences
spat · tiff · wrangle · altercation · feud · discord · friction · strife · dissension · contention
- combativenessaggression, antagonism, belligerence, bellicosity, combativeness
- angeranger, rage, fury, wrath, ire
- hostilityanimosity, hostility, antagonism, belligerence, malice
quarrelsomenessagreeableness
Pleasant, cooperative nature
amiability · affability · amicability · cordiality · friendliness
quarrelsomenessgentleness
Soft, kind demeanor
mildness · placidity · kindliness · benevolence · calmness
quarrelsomenesspeaceableness
Disposition against strife
pacifism · nonaggression · nonconfrontational · antimilitarism · antiaggression
quarrel, quarry, quarreling, argumentative, quarrelsome, quarreled, contentiousness, quarrelsomely