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cantankerous	irritable, stubborn, and quarrelsome.
contentious	inclined to argue; quarrelsome; belligerent. [1/2 definitions]
disagreeable	ill-tempered or ill-natured; quarrelsome. [1/2 definitions]
feisty	touchy, quarrelsome, or quick-tempered. [1/2 definitions]
fractious	inclined to be irritable and quarrelsome; cranky. [1/2 definitions]
pugnacious	ready or eager to fight; overly aggressive or quarrelsome.
Punch-and-Judy show	a puppet show consisting of slapstick humor in which the grotesque and quarrelsome Punch constantly fights with his wife Judy.
row³	(chiefly British) a loud or quarrelsome dispute. [2 definitions]
scrappy²	(informal) easily incited to fight or argue; combative; quarrelsome. [1/2 definitions]
termagant	scolding, nagging, quarrelsome, or abusive; shrewish. [1/2 definitions]

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