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Apt or disposed to quarrel; given to brawls and contention; easily irritated or provoked to contest; irascible; choleric.

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  1. a. Apt or disposed to quarrel; given to brawls and contention; easily irritated or provoked to contest; irascible; choleric.
  2. adj. given to quarreling
  3. Apt or disposed to quarrel; given to brawls and contention; easily irritated or provoked to contest; irascible; choleric. Syn. -- Pugnacious; irritable; irascible; brawling; choleric; fiery; petulant. -- Quar"rel*some*ly, adv. -- Quar"rel*some*ness, n.
  4. Apt or disposed to quarrel; given to brawls and contention;easily irritated or provoked to contest; irascible; choleric.
  5. j:100 s. given to quarreling