| 单词 | quarrelsome |
| 释义 | quarrelsome (once / 3262 pages) adj When you are quick to pick a fight or disagree, you are quarrelsome. Toddlers are often quarrelsome. So are couples, at least with each other. If you know that quarrel means to argue or fight, then this is an easy word to figure out. People who are quarrelsome seem to constantly get in fights. Quarrelsome people are often moody or sensitive: any little thing can get them upset. Other people usually don't like to work with or be around quarrelsome folks. However, any of us can get quarrelsome at times, especially when we're under stress or have an empty stomach. WORD FAMILYquarrelsome: quarrelsomely, quarrelsomeness, quarrelsomer+/quarrel: quarreled, quarreler, quarreling, quarrelled, quarreller, quarrelling, quarrels, quarrelsome/quarreler: quarrelers/quarreller: quarrellers USAGE EXAMPLESHe struck Mariam as the sort of quarrelsome young man who relished his authority, who saw offenses everywhere, thought it his birthright to pass judgment. Khaled Hosseini, A Thousand Splendid Suns(2007) Both documents were critiqued and altered by quarrelsome peers, but both needed an individual capable of synthesizing and making poetry out of collective ideals. US News(Oct 24, 2016) The celebrants add up to a microcosm of humanity: selfish, quarrelsome and noisy. New York Times(Oct 05, 2016) adj given to quarreling quarrelsome when drinking Syn argumentative given to or characterized by argument |
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