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64 entries under quarrelsome topic. ×
| contentious(adjective, mean, nasty, difficult, conflict) | |
| belligerent(adjective, mean, nasty, difficult, determined) | |
| pugnacious(adjective, mean, nasty, difficult, determined) | |
| controversial(adjective, rational, quarrel, reasoning, contrary) | |
| testy(adjective, belligerent, contentious) | |
| bellicose(adjective, mean, nasty, difficult, determined) | |
| hostile(adjective, mean, nasty, antagonistic, aggressive) | |
| scrappy(adjective, mean, nasty, conflict, determined) | |
| polemical(adjective, conflict, rational, reasoning, contrary) | |
| antagonistic(adjective, mean, nasty, hostile, aggressive) | |
| disagreeable(adjective, incompatible) | |
| factious(adjective, quarrel, contrary) | |
| surly(adjective, mean, nasty, hostile, unfriendly) | |
| aggressive(adjective, nasty, hostile, unfriendly, antagonistic) | |
| bad-tempered(adjective, difficult, hostile, irritable, turbulent) | |
| confrontational(adjective, difficult, hostile, antagonistic, contrary) | |
| militant(adjective, mean, nasty, determined, hostile) | |
| captious(adjective, contentious) | |
| disputative(determined, fencing, tilting) | |
| intimidating(adjective, hostile, unfriendly, antagonistic, aggressive) |
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