quarreling (Adj.)

quarreling (Adj.)
germ. anasaka-; streida-

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  • quarreling — adj. inclined to to quarrel n. dispute in angry words; caviling, finding fault; difference of opinion, disagreement quar·rel || kwÉ‘rÉ™l , kwÉ” / kwÉ’ n. fight, altercation; dispute, argument; controversy; squabble, conflict; cause for complaint …   English contemporary dictionary

  • at swords' points — {adj. phr.} Ready to start fighting; very much opposed to each; other hostile; quarreling. * /The dog s barking kept the Browns at swords points with their neighbors for months./ * /The mayor and the reporter were always at swords points./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • at swords' points — {adj. phr.} Ready to start fighting; very much opposed to each; other hostile; quarreling. * /The dog s barking kept the Browns at swords points with their neighbors for months./ * /The mayor and the reporter were always at swords points./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • at\ swords'\ points — adj. phr. Ready to start fighting; very much opposed to each; other hostile; quarreling. The dog s barking kept the Browns at swords points with their neighbors for months. The mayor and the reporter were always at swords points …   Словарь американских идиом

  • in\ at\ the\ kill — adj. phr. informal Watching or taking part, usually with pleasure, at the end of a struggle; present at the finish. Frank and John have been quarreling for a long time and tonight they are having a fight. Bill says he wants to be in at the kill,… …   Словарь американских идиом

  • hostile — adj 1. antagonistic, opposed, adverse, averse, contrary, oppugnant; anti, against, Sl. agin, down on; inimical, unfavorable, unpropitious, inauspicious. 2. aggressive, warlike, belligerent, bellicose; combative, contentious, militant, warring,… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • ill-disposed — adj 1. antagonistic, opposed, adverse, averse, contrary, oppugnant; anti, against, Sl. agin, down on. 2. hostile, antipathetic, unfriendly, unsympathetic, inhospitable, cold, unsociable; belligerent, bellicose, pugnacious; combative, contentious …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • opposing — adj 1. contradictory, countering, conflicting, adverse, contrary, opponent, antipathetical, oppositional, oppugnant; jarring, clashing, incompatible, discordant, discrepant, dissident, antagonistic. 2. combating, fighting, militant, battling,… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • ter|ma|gant — «TUR muh guhnt», noun. a deity, supposed in medieval Europe to have been worshiped by the Muslims, appearing in morality plays as a violent, ranting, overbearing personage. ╂[alteration of Middle English Tervagant < Old French Tervagan, origin …   Useful english dictionary

  • Ter|ma|gant — «TUR muh guhnt», noun. a deity, supposed in medieval Europe to have been worshiped by the Muslims, appearing in morality plays as a violent, ranting, overbearing personage. ╂[alteration of Middle English Tervagant < Old French Tervagan, origin …   Useful english dictionary

  • in at the kill — {adj. phr.}, {informal} Watching or taking part, usually with pleasure, at the end of a struggle; present at the finish. * /Frank and John have been quarreling for a long time and tonight they are having a fight. Bill says he wants to be in at… …   Dictionary of American idioms

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