Definition of "quarrelsome" []

• Given to quarreling; contentious. See Synonyms at argumentative, belligerent. (adjective)
• Marked by quarreling. (adjective)

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• "The fact that men are naturally quarrelsome is presumed to be an argument against such institutions as the League."
• "Those, however, who defend the common good and withstand the seditious party are not themselves seditious, even as neither is a man to be called quarrelsome because he defends himself, as stated above.7"
• "Those, however, who defend the common good, and withstand the seditious party, are not themselves seditious, even as neither is a man to be called quarrelsome because he defends himself, as stated above (Q. 41, A. 1)."