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  • 81disputatious — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. contentious, argumentative, captious; see quarrelsome 1 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Given to arguing: argumentative, combative, contentious, eristic, litigious, polemic, polemical, quarrelsome, scrappy. See… …

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  • 82rebellious — I (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Engaged in armed rebellion] Syn. revolutionary, insurgent, counterrevolutionary, warring, insurrectionary, attacking, rioting, mutinous, rebel; see also sense 2, 3. Ant. beaten*, overwhelmed, loyal. 2. [Inclined toward… …

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  • 83Discord — I (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Discord >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 discord discord discordance Sgm: N 1 dissonance dissonance cacophony want of harmony caterwauling Sgm: N 1 harshness harshness &c. 410 =>(Confused sounds) …

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  • 84Contention — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Contention >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 contention contention strife Sgm: N 1 contest contest contestation Sgm: N 1 struggle struggle Sgm: N 1 belligerency belligerency Sgm: N 1 opposition opposition …

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  • 85Irascibility — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Irascibility >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 irascibility irascibility irascibleness temper Sgm: N 1 crossness crossness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 susceptibility susceptibility procacity petulance irritability …

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  • 86pettish — adj 1. peevish, ill humored, touchy, testy, thin skinned, waspish, petulant; cross, irascible, choleric, ill tempered, splenetic; crabby, crabbed, cranky, grouchy, grumpy, cantankerous, crotchety, crusty; irritable, out of sorts, snappish, snappy …

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  • 87emotionally unstable personality disorder — a personality disorder characterized by a tendency to act impulsively without consideration of the consequences, unpredictable and capricious mood, a tendency towards outbursts of emotion, inability to control behavioural explosions, quarrelsome… …

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  • 88bantam — /ˈbæntəm / (say bantuhm) noun 1. (sometimes upper case) a domestic fowl of any of certain varieties or breeds characterised by very small size. 2. a small person, especially a quarrelsome one. 3. → bantamweight. –adjective 4. (of persons) small,… …

  • 89μαχιμώδεις — μαχιμώδης quarrelsome masc/fem acc pl μαχιμώδης quarrelsome masc/fem nom/voc pl (attic epic) …

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  • 90belligerent — [bə lij′ər ənt] adj. [L belligerans, prp. of belligerare, to wage war < bellum, war (see BELLICOSE) + gerere, to carry on] 1. at war; designating or of a state recognized under international law as being engaged in a war 2. of war; of fighting …

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