Exact Match:
Synonyms:
Related Words:
- aggressive,
- argumental,
- argumentative,
- bellicose,
- belligerent,
- bickering,
- cat-and-dog,
- cat-and-doggish,
- combative,
- contentious,
- controversial,
- dialectic,
- disputatious,
- divisive,
- eristic,
- factional,
- factious,
- ill-humored,
- irascible,
- irritable,
- litigious,
- logomachic,
- partisan,
- pilpulistic,
- polarizing,
- polemic,
- pro and con,
- pugnacious,
- quarrelsome,
- scrappy,
- shrewish,
- wrangling
- litigious
collapse - of or relating to litigation related words >
- actionable,
- aggressive,
- argumental,
- argumentative,
- bellicose,
- belligerent,
- bickering,
- cat-and-dog,
- cat-and-doggish,
- causidical,
- combative,
- contentious,
- controversial,
- dialectic,
- disputatious,
- divisive,
- eristic,
- factional,
- factious,
- ill-humored,
- irascible,
- irritable,
- litigable,
- litigant,
- litigatory,
- logomachic,
- partisan,
- pilpulistic,
- polarizing,
- polemic,
- polemical,
- pro and con,
- pugnacious,
- quarrelsome,
- scrappy,
- shrewish,
- wrangling
- aggressive,
- alienated,
- argumentative,
- at loggerheads,
- at odds,
- bellicose,
- belligerent,
- bickering,
- breakaway,
- combative,
- conflicting,
- contending,
- contentious,
- contumacious,
- disaffected,
- discordant,
- disputatious,
- divisive,
- eristic,
- estranged,
- extreme,
- extremistic,
- factional,
- fighting,
- insurgent,
- insurrectionary,
- irascible,
- irritable,
- litigious,
- mutineering,
- mutinous,
- partisan,
- polarizing,
- polemic,
- pugnacious,
- quarrelsome,
- rebel,
- rebellious,
- refractory,
- revolutional,
- revolutionary,
- riotous,
- seditionary,
- seditious,
- shrewish,
- subversive,
- traitorous,
- treasonable,
- turbulent,
- warring,
- wrangling
- shrewish
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- continually complaining or faultfinding; "a shrewish wife"; "nagging parents" related words >
- aggressive,
- bellicose,
- belligerent,
- beyond control,
- bickering,
- breachy,
- catty,
- combative,
- contumacious,
- defiant,
- disputatious,
- divisive,
- eristic,
- factional,
- factious,
- fractious,
- fretful,
- incorrigible,
- indocile,
- indomitable,
- insuppressible,
- intractable,
- irascible,
- irrepressible,
- irritable,
- litigious,
- nagging,
- naggy,
- obstreperous,
- out of hand,
- partisan,
- peevish,
- pettish,
- petulant,
- polarizing,
- polemic,
- pugnacious,
- quarrelsome,
- querulous,
- recalcitrant,
- refractory,
- resentful,
- resistant,
- resisting,
- restive,
- unbiddable,
- uncontrollable,
- ungovernable,
- unmalleable,
- unmanageable,
- unmoldable,
- unruly,
- unsubmissive,
- vixenish,
- vixenly,
- wild,
- wrangling
- aggressive,
- argumental,
- argumentative,
- bellicose,
- belligerent,
- bickering,
- cat-and-dog,
- cat-and-doggish,
- combative,
- complaining,
- contentious,
- controversial,
- dialectic,
- disputing,
- dissentient,
- dissenting,
- divisive,
- eristic,
- factional,
- factious,
- fractious,
- ill-humored,
- irascible,
- irritable,
- litigious,
- logomachic,
- noncooperative,
- objecting,
- obstructive,
- on the barricades,
- partisan,
- pilpulistic,
- polarizing,
- polemic,
- polemical,
- pro and con,
- proof against,
- protesting,
- pugnacious,
- quarrelsome,
- rebellious,
- recalcitrant,
- refractory,
- reluctant,
- renitent,
- repellent,
- resistant,
- resisting,
- resistive,
- retardant,
- retardative,
- scrappy,
- shrewish,
- uncooperative,
- unsubmissive,
- unyielding,
- up in arms,
- withstanding,
- wrangling
- aggressive,
- antagonistic,
- assertive,
- battling,
- belligerent,
- bickering,
- bloodthirsty,
- bloody,
- bloody-minded,
- chauvinist,
- chauvinistic,
- combative,
- contentious,
- disputatious,
- divisive,
- enemy,
- eristic,
- factional,
- factious,
- ferocious,
- fierce,
- fighting,
- full of fight,
- hawkish,
- hostile,
- inimical,
- irascible,
- irritable,
- jingo,
- jingoish,
- jingoist,
- jingoistic,
- litigious,
- martial,
- militant,
- militaristic,
- military,
- offensive,
- partisan,
- polarizing,
- polemic,
- pugnacious,
- quarrelsome,
- rebellious,
- saber-rattling,
- sanguinary,
- sanguineous,
- savage,
- scrappy,
- shrewish,
- soldierlike,
- soldierly,
- trigger-happy,
- truculent,
- unfriendly,
- unpacific,
- unpeaceable,
- unpeaceful,
- warlike,
- warmongering,
- warring,
- wrangling
- pugnacious
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- ready and able to resort to force or violence; "pugnacious spirits...lamented that there was so little prospect of an exhilarating disturbance"- Herman Melville; "they were rough and determined fighting men" related words >
- aggressive,
- antagonistic,
- battling,
- bellicose,
- belligerent,
- bickering,
- bloodthirsty,
- bloody,
- bloody-minded,
- brawling,
- chauvinist,
- chauvinistic,
- combative,
- contentious,
- disputatious,
- divisive,
- enemy,
- eristic,
- factional,
- factious,
- ferocious,
- fierce,
- fight,
- fighting,
- full of fight,
- hawkish,
- hostile,
- inimical,
- irascible,
- irritable,
- jingo,
- jingoish,
- jingoist,
- jingoistic,
- litigious,
- martial,
- militant,
- militaristic,
- military,
- offensive,
- partisan,
- polarizing,
- polemic,
- pushing,
- pushy,
- quarrelsome,
- rebellious,
- saber-rattling,
- sanguinary,
- sanguineous,
- savage,
- scrappy,
- self-assertive,
- shrewish,
- soldierlike,
- soldierly,
- trigger-happy,
- truculent,
- unfriendly,
- unpacific,
- unpeaceable,
- unpeaceful,
- warlike,
- warmongering,
- warring,
- wrangling
- Kilkenny cats,
- aggressive,
- altercation,
- apologetics,
- apologia,
- apology,
- argument,
- argumentation,
- bellicose,
- belligerent,
- bicker,
- bickering,
- casuistry,
- cat-and-dog life,
- combat,
- combative,
- conflict,
- contention,
- contentiousness,
- contest,
- contestation,
- controversy,
- cut and thrust,
- debate,
- defense,
- disputation,
- disputatious,
- dispute,
- divisive,
- enmity,
- eristic,
- factional,
- factious,
- fighting,
- flyting,
- hassle,
- hostility,
- hubbub,
- irascible,
- irritable,
- litigation,
- litigious,
- logomachy,
- paper war,
- partisan,
- passage of arms,
- polarizing,
- polemic,
- polemics,
- pugnacious,
- quarrel,
- quarreling,
- quarrelsome,
- quarrelsomeness,
- rhubarb,
- scrapping,
- set-to,
- shrewish,
- squabbling,
- strife,
- struggle,
- verbal engagement,
- war,
- war of words,
- warfare,
- words
- aggressive,
- antagonistic,
- argumental,
- argumentative,
- battling,
- bellicose,
- belligerent,
- bickering,
- bloodthirsty,
- bloody,
- bloody-minded,
- chauvinist,
- chauvinistic,
- contentious,
- controversial,
- dialectic,
- disputatious,
- divisive,
- enemy,
- energetic,
- eristic,
- factional,
- factious,
- ferocious,
- fierce,
- fighting,
- full of fight,
- hawkish,
- hostile,
- ill-humored,
- inimical,
- irascible,
- irritable,
- jingo,
- jingoish,
- jingoist,
- jingoistic,
- litigious,
- logomachic,
- manful,
- manly,
- martial,
- militant,
- militaristic,
- military,
- offensive,
- on the offensive,
- partisan,
- pilpulistic,
- polarizing,
- polemic,
- pro and con,
- pugnacious,
- quarrelsome,
- saber-rattling,
- sanguinary,
- sanguineous,
- savage,
- scrappy,
- shrewish,
- soldierlike,
- soldierly,
- strenuous,
- trigger-happy,
- truculent,
- unfriendly,
- unpacific,
- unpeaceable,
- unpeaceful,
- vigorous,
- virile,
- warlike,
- warmongering,
- warring,
- wrangling
- quarrelsome
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- given to quarreling; "arguing children"; "quarrelsome when drinking" related words >
- acrid,
- adverse,
- aggressive,
- antagonistic,
- antipathetic,
- argumental,
- argumentative,
- battling,
- bellicose,
- belligerent,
- bickering,
- bitter,
- bloodthirsty,
- bloody,
- bloody-minded,
- brawling,
- cankered,
- cat-and-dog,
- cat-and-doggish,
- caustic,
- chauvinist,
- chauvinistic,
- choleric,
- clashing,
- colliding,
- combative,
- conflicting,
- contending,
- contentious,
- contestant,
- contesting,
- contrary,
- controversial,
- counter,
- crabbed,
- cranky,
- cross,
- despiteful,
- dialectic,
- disagreeable,
- disputant,
- disputatious,
- dissentient,
- dissentious,
- dissident,
- divisive,
- dyspeptic,
- enemy,
- eristic,
- factional,
- factious,
- ferocious,
- fierce,
- fighting,
- fractious,
- full of fight,
- full of hate,
- grouchy,
- hateful,
- hawkish,
- hostile,
- ill-humored,
- inimical,
- irascible,
- irritable,
- jingo,
- jingoish,
- jingoist,
- jingoistic,
- litigious,
- logomachic,
- malevolent,
- malicious,
- malignant,
- martial,
- militant,
- militaristic,
- military,
- offensive,
- partisan,
- peevish,
- petulant,
- pilpulistic,
- polarizing,
- polemic,
- pro and con,
- pugnacious,
- querulous,
- rancorous,
- repugnant,
- saber-rattling,
- sanguinary,
- sanguineous,
- savage,
- scrappy,
- set against,
- shrewish,
- soldierlike,
- soldierly,
- sore,
- spiteful,
- squabbling,
- striving,
- struggling,
- testy,
- trigger-happy,
- truculent,
- unfriendly,
- unpacific,
- unpeaceable,
- unpeaceful,
- venomous,
- virulent,
- vitriolic,
- warlike,
- warmongering,
- warring,
- wrangling
- irritable
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- abnormally sensitive to a stimulus related words >
- aggressive,
- agitable,
- all nerves,
- allergic,
- anaphylactic,
- apprehensive,
- bad-tempered,
- bearish,
- bellicose,
- belligerent,
- bickering,
- bitchy,
- cankered,
- cantankerous,
- choleric,
- churlish,
- combative,
- crabbed,
- crabby,
- cranky,
- cross,
- cross-grained,
- crotchety,
- crusty,
- cussed,
- delicate,
- disagreeable,
- disputatious,
- divisive,
- dyspeptic,
- edgy,
- emotional,
- emotionally unstable,
- empathetic,
- empathic,
- eristic,
- eruptive,
- excitable,
- explosive,
- factional,
- factious,
- fearful,
- feisty,
- fractious,
- fretful,
- frightened,
- goosy,
- grouchy,
- gruff,
- high-mettled,
- high-spirited,
- high-strung,
- highly emotional,
- huffish,
- huffy,
- hyperesthetic,
- hyperpathic,
- hypersensitive,
- ill-humored,
- ill-tempered,
- impatient,
- inflammable,
- irascible,
- itchy,
- litigious,
- mean,
- mettlesome,
- moody,
- nerves on edge,
- nervous,
- nervy,
- on edge,
- ornery,
- overrefined,
- oversensible,
- oversensitive,
- overstrung,
- overtender,
- panicky,
- partisan,
- passible,
- peevish,
- perturbable,
- perverse,
- pettish,
- petulant,
- pindling,
- polarizing,
- polemic,
- prickly,
- pugnacious,
- quarrelsome,
- querulous,
- raspy,
- refined,
- responsive,
- sensitive,
- short-tempered,
- shrewish,
- skittish,
- snappish,
- snappy,
- spiteful,
- spleeny,
- splenetic,
- startlish,
- supersensitive,
- sympathetic,
- tactful,
- temperamental,
- tender,
- testy,
- tetchy,
- thin-skinned,
- ticklish,
- touchy,
- ugly,
- uneasy,
- volcanic,
- waspish,
- whiny,
- wrangling
- aggressive
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- having or showing determination and energetic pursuit of your ends; "an aggressive businessman"; "an aggressive basketball player"; "he was aggressive and imperious; positive in his convictions"; "aggressive drivers"
- characteristic of an enemy or one eager to fight; "aggressive acts against another country"; "a belligerent tone"
- tending to spread quickly; "an aggressive tumor" related words >
- abrupt,
- active,
- acute,
- adventuresome,
- adventurous,
- ambitious,
- animated,
- antagonistic,
- assertive,
- battling,
- bearish,
- beastly,
- bellicose,
- belligerent,
- bickering,
- bloodthirsty,
- bloody,
- bloody-minded,
- bluff,
- blunt,
- bold,
- brash,
- brisk,
- brusque,
- cavalier,
- chauvinist,
- chauvinistic,
- churlish,
- combative,
- contentious,
- crusty,
- curt,
- disputatious,
- divisive,
- domineering,
- driving,
- dynamic,
- enemy,
- energetic,
- enterprising,
- enthusiastic,
- eristic,
- factional,
- factious,
- ferocious,
- fierce,
- fighting,
- forceful,
- forcible,
- forward,
- full of fight,
- full of pep,
- go-ahead,
- go-go,
- gruff,
- hard-hitting,
- harsh,
- hawkish,
- hearty,
- hostile,
- hustling,
- imperious,
- impetuous,
- incisive,
- inimical,
- intense,
- irascible,
- irritable,
- jingo,
- jingoish,
- jingoist,
- jingoistic,
- keen,
- kinetic,
- litigious,
- lively,
- living,
- lusty,
- martial,
- masterful,
- mettlesome,
- militant,
- militaristic,
- military,
- offensive,
- on the offensive,
- partisan,
- peppy,
- polarizing,
- polemic,
- pugnacious,
- pushful,
- pushing,
- pushy,
- quarrelsome,
- robust,
- rough,
- saber-rattling,
- sanguinary,
- sanguineous,
- savage,
- scrappy,
- self-assertive,
- severe,
- sharp,
- short,
- shrewish,
- smacking,
- snappy,
- snippy,
- soldierlike,
- soldierly,
- spanking,
- spirited,
- strenuous,
- strong,
- surly,
- take-charge,
- take-over,
- tough,
- trenchant,
- trigger-happy,
- truculent,
- unfriendly,
- unpacific,
- unpeaceable,
- unpeaceful,
- up-and-coming,
- venturesome,
- venturous,
- vibrant,
- vigorous,
- vivacious,
- vivid,
- warlike,
- warmongering,
- warring,
- wrangling,
- zestful,
- zesty,
- zippy
- Kilkenny cats,
- aflicker,
- aggressive,
- aggressiveness,
- altercation,
- apologetics,
- apologia,
- apology,
- argument,
- argumentation,
- bellicose,
- bellicosity,
- belligerence,
- belligerent,
- bicker,
- blinking,
- boggling,
- captious,
- captiousness,
- casuistry,
- cat-and-dog life,
- caviling,
- chicane,
- chicanery,
- choplogic,
- combat,
- combative,
- combativeness,
- conflict,
- contention,
- contentiousness,
- contest,
- contestation,
- controversy,
- cut and thrust,
- dancing,
- debate,
- defense,
- disputation,
- disputatious,
- dispute,
- dissension,
- dissent,
- dissidence,
- divisive,
- dodging,
- embroilment,
- enmity,
- equivocation,
- equivocatory,
- eristic,
- evasion,
- evasive,
- faction,
- factional,
- factious,
- factiousness,
- fencing,
- fighting,
- flak,
- flashing,
- flickering,
- flickery,
- flicky,
- fluttering,
- fluttery,
- flyting,
- hairsplitting,
- hassle,
- hedging,
- hostility,
- hubbub,
- infighting,
- irascibility,
- irascible,
- irritability,
- irritable,
- lambent,
- litigation,
- litigious,
- litigiousness,
- logic-chopping,
- logomachy,
- nit-picking,
- paltering,
- paper war,
- parrying,
- partisan,
- partisan spirit,
- partisanship,
- passage of arms,
- pettifoggery,
- petty,
- picayune,
- playing,
- polarizing,
- polemic,
- polemics,
- prevarication,
- pugnacious,
- pugnacity,
- pussyfooting,
- quarrel,
- quarreling,
- quarrelsome,
- quarrelsomeness,
- quibbling,
- quivering,
- quivery,
- rhubarb,
- row,
- run-in,
- scrapping,
- set-to,
- shifting,
- shrewish,
- shrewishness,
- shuffling,
- sidestepping,
- spat,
- squabble,
- squabbling,
- strife,
- stroboscopic,
- struggle,
- subterfuge,
- tergiversation,
- trichoschistic,
- trichoschistism,
- trifling,
- trivial,
- verbal engagement,
- war,
- war of words,
- warfare,
- wavering,
- wavery,
- words,
- wrangle,
- wrangling
- belligerent
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- engaged in war; "belligerent (or warring) nations"; "a fighting war" related words >
- acrid,
- aggressive,
- antagonist,
- antagonistic,
- antipathetic,
- ardent,
- argumental,
- argumentative,
- attacking,
- battler,
- battling,
- bellicose,
- belted knight,
- bickerer,
- bickering,
- bitter,
- blade,
- bloodthirsty,
- bloody,
- bloody-minded,
- bravo,
- brawler,
- bully,
- bullyboy,
- cat-and-dog,
- cat-and-doggish,
- caustic,
- chauvinist,
- chauvinistic,
- clashing,
- colliding,
- combatant,
- combative,
- competitor,
- conflicting,
- contender,
- contentious,
- contestant,
- controversial,
- despiteful,
- disputant,
- disputatious,
- divisive,
- duelist,
- enemy,
- enforcer,
- eristic,
- factional,
- factious,
- fencer,
- ferocious,
- feuder,
- fierce,
- fighter,
- fighting,
- fighting cock,
- foilsman,
- full of fight,
- full of hate,
- gamecock,
- gladiator,
- goon,
- gorilla,
- hatchet man,
- hateful,
- hawk,
- hawkish,
- hood,
- hoodlum,
- hooligan,
- hostile,
- hot,
- inimical,
- invading,
- irascible,
- irritable,
- jingo,
- jingoish,
- jingoist,
- jingoistic,
- jouster,
- knight,
- litigious,
- malevolent,
- malicious,
- malignant,
- martial,
- militant,
- militaristic,
- military,
- offensive,
- partisan,
- plug-ugly,
- polarizing,
- polemic,
- pugnacious,
- quarreler,
- quarrelsome,
- rancorous,
- repugnant,
- rioter,
- rival,
- rough,
- rowdy,
- ruffian,
- saber-rattling,
- sabreur,
- sanguinary,
- sanguineous,
- savage,
- scrapper,
- scrappy,
- scuffler,
- set against,
- shrewish,
- soldierlike,
- soldierly,
- sore,
- spiteful,
- squabbler,
- strong arm,
- strong-arm man,
- strong-armer,
- struggler,
- swashbuckler,
- sword,
- swordplayer,
- swordsman,
- tempered,
- thug,
- tilter,
- tough,
- trigger-happy,
- truculent,
- tussler,
- unfriendly,
- unpacific,
- unpeaceable,
- unpeaceful,
- venomous,
- virulent,
- vitriolic,
- warlike,
- warmonger,
- warmongering,
- warring,
- wrangler,
- wrangling
- partisan
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- a pike with a long tapering double-edged blade with lateral projections; 16th and 17th centuries
- a fervent and even militant proponent of something
- devoted to a cause or party related words >
- Charley,
- Conservative,
- Democrat,
- Labourite,
- Maecenas,
- Republican,
- Tory,
- VC,
- Vietcong,
- Whig,
- abettor,
- acquaintance,
- adherent,
- admirer,
- advocate,
- aficionado,
- aggressive,
- alter ego,
- angel,
- antiblack,
- apologist,
- appendage,
- attendant,
- backer,
- bellicose,
- belligerent,
- best friend,
- biased,
- bickering,
- bigoted,
- bipartisan,
- biparty,
- blind,
- booster,
- bosom friend,
- brother,
- buff,
- bushfighter,
- bushwhacker,
- casual,
- casual acquaintance,
- cavaliere servente,
- champion,
- chauvinistic,
- close acquaintance,
- close friend,
- cohort,
- colored,
- combative,
- confidant,
- confidante,
- courtier,
- dangler,
- defender,
- denominational,
- dependence,
- dependent,
- devoted,
- devotee,
- die-hard,
- disciple,
- disputatious,
- divisive,
- doctrinaire,
- dogmatic,
- encourager,
- endorser,
- enthusiast,
- eristic,
- exponent,
- factional,
- factious,
- familiar,
- fan,
- fanatic,
- favorer,
- fellow,
- fellow creature,
- fellowman,
- flunky,
- follower,
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- quarrelsome,
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- regular,
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- undispassionate,
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- upholder,
- votary,
- ward heeler,
- warped,
- well-wisher,
- wheelhorse,
- wrangling,
- xenophobic,
- zealot
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