quarrelsome (adj.)
- acrid
- adverse
- aggressive
- antagonistic
- antipathetic
- argumentative
- bellicose
- belligerent
- bitter
- bloodthirsty
- bloody
- bloody-minded
- caustic
- chauvinistic
- choleric
- clashing
- combative
- conflicting
- contentious
- contrary
- controversial
- counter
- crabbed
- cranky
- cross
- despiteful
- dialectic
- disagreeable
- disputatious
- dissentient
- dissentious
- dissident
- divisive
- dyspeptic
- eristic
- factious
- ferocious
- fierce
- fighting
- fractious
- grouchy
- hateful
- hawkish
- hostile
- ill-humored
- inimical
- irascible
- irritable
- jingoistic
- litigious
- malevolent
- malicious
- malignant
- martial
- militant
- militaristic
- military
- offensive
- partisan
- peevish
- petulant
- polemic
- pugnacious
- querulous
- rancorous
- repugnant
- sanguinary
- sanguineous
- savage
- scrappy
- shrewish
- soldierlike
- soldierly
- sore
- spiteful
- struggling
- testy
- trigger-happy
- truculent
- unfriendly
- unpeaceable
- unpeaceful
- venomous
- virulent
- vitriolic
- warlike
- warring
The Retort Courteous; . . . the Quip Modest; . . . the Reply Churlish; . . . the Reproof Valiant; . . . the Countercheck Quarrelsome; . . . the Lie with Circumstance; . . . the Lie Direct.
