Synonyms of scrappy

scrappy

adjective

1

as in aggressive

feeling or displaying eagerness to fight

she was a scrappy girl despite—or, perhaps, because of—her small size

Synonyms & Similar Words

• aggressive
• militant
• feisty
• contentious
• hostile
• ugly
• pugnacious
• irritable
• belligerent
• chippy
• fierce
• combative
• confrontational
• assaultive
• bellicose
• acidic
• truculent
• warlike
• brawly
• quarrelsome
• gladiatorial
• savage
• argumentative
• vicious
• agonistic
• disputatious
• fighting
• rude
• discordant
• ornery
• cross
• antagonistic
• irascible
• petulant
• grumpy
• peevish
• surly
• querulous
• on the warpath
• grouchy
• fretful
• fractious
• waspish
• battling
• warring
• testy
• snappish
• crabby
• disagreeable
• dyspeptic
• bilious
• hot-tempered
• bristly
• stroppy
• huffy
• choleric
• ill-tempered
• touchy
• snappy
• cranky
• prickly
• ill-humored
• bearish
• pettish
• ill-natured

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• peaceful
• peaceable
• nonaggressive
• friendly
• pacific
• amiable
• nonbelligerent
• kindhearted
• pleasant
• benevolent
• easygoing
• unwarlike
• gracious
• affable
• quiet
• uncontentious
• genial
• uncombative
• sociable
• complaisant
• amicable
• serene
• unbelligerent
• ingratiating
• conciliatory
• calm
• antimilitarist
• good-natured
• tranquil
• cordial
• mild
• benign
• gentle
• anti-imperialist
• obliging
• relaxed
• good-tempered
• kindly

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• peaceful
• peaceable
• nonaggressive
• friendly
• pacific
• amiable
• nonbelligerent
• kindhearted
• pleasant
• benevolent
• easygoing
• unwarlike
• gracious
• affable
• quiet
• uncontentious
• genial
• uncombative
• sociable
• complaisant
• amicable
• serene
• unbelligerent
• ingratiating
• conciliatory
• calm
• antimilitarist
• good-natured
• tranquil
• cordial
• mild
• benign
• gentle
• anti-imperialist
• obliging
• relaxed
• good-tempered
• kindly

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2

as in controversial

given to arguing

a pair of scrappy movie critics who can never agree on anything

Synonyms & Similar Words

• controversial
• aggressive
• contentious
• stubborn
• militant
• polemic
• irritable
• quarrelsome
• polemical
• argumentative
• feisty
• disputatious
• pugnacious
• fighting
• willful
• belligerent
• combative
• unreasonable
• bellicose
• ornery
• truculent
• warlike
• wayward
• surly
• fractious
• rude
• gladiatorial
• cantankerous
• resistant
• headstrong
• battling
• irascible
• balky
• uncooperative
• uncompromising
• obstinate
• cross
• petulant
• acidic
• disobedient
• recalcitrant
• restive
• contrary
• pigheaded
• grumpy
• mulish
• hardheaded
• peevish
• disagreeable
• grouchy
• querulous
• intractable
• waspish
• fretful
• splenetic
• obdurate
• warring
• testy
• insubordinate
• crabby
• snappish
• refractory
• unyielding
• dyspeptic
• unbending
• bilious
• perverse
• froward
• huffy
• choleric
• captious
• ill-tempered
• snappy
• cranky
• touchy
• ill-humored
• wilful
• self-willed
• bearish
• pettish
• ill-natured
• self-opinionated

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• friendly
• pleasant
• amiable
• cooperative
• benevolent
• gracious
• easygoing
• affable
• genial
• amicable
• sociable
• ingratiating
• cordial
• amenable
• good-natured
• compliant
• agreeable
• conciliatory
• complaisant
• acquiescent
• good-tempered
• docile
• complying
• obedient
• submissive
• tractable
• peaceful
• peaceable
• obliging
• pacific

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• friendly
• pleasant
• amiable
• cooperative
• benevolent
• gracious
• easygoing
• affable
• genial
• amicable
• sociable
• ingratiating
• cordial
• amenable
• good-natured
• compliant
• agreeable
• conciliatory
• complaisant
• acquiescent
• good-tempered
• docile
• complying
• obedient
• submissive
• tractable
• peaceful
• peaceable
• obliging
• pacific

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