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quarrelsomeness

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of quarrelsomeness

an inclination to fight or quarrel

a theater critic who was more notable for his quarrelsomeness than for his astuteness

Synonyms of quarrelsomeness

aggression, aggressiveness, assaultiveness, bellicosity, belligerence, belligerency, combativeness, contentiousness, defiance, disputatiousness, feistiness, fight, militance, militancy, militantness, pugnacity, scrappiness, truculence

Words Related to quarrelsomeness

antagonism, fierceness, hostility, hyperaggressiveness, unfriendliness

imperialism, jingoism, militarism

acidity, biliousness, captiousness, crankiness, crossness, disagreeableness, fractiousness, fretfulness, grouchiness, grumpiness, huffiness, irascibility, irascibleness, irritability, irritableness, orneriness, peevishness, pettishness, petulance, querulousness, rudeness, surliness, testiness, waspishness

Phrases Synonymous with quarrelsomeness

chip on one's shoulder

Near Antonyms of quarrelsomeness

antiaggression, anti-imperialism, antimilitarism

affability, amiability, amicability, benevolence, cordiality, friendliness, geniality, graciousness, pleasantness, sociability

gentleness, kindliness, mildness

amenability, complaisance, placability

Antonyms of quarrelsomeness

nonaggression, pacifism

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