battlesome

English

Etymology

From battle +‎ -some.

Adjective

battlesome (comparative more battlesome, superlative most battlesome)

1. Characterised or marked by battling; quarrelsome.
   • 2005, C. J. Sansom, Dark Fire:

     He was an ill/favoured young fellow with the scar of some old fight running down his face; the Thames boatmen were ever a battlesome crew.

   • 2012, Audrey Le Lièvre, Miss Willmott of Warley Place:

     This letter, however, is Ellen Willmott writing in a style in which she felt much more comfortable: downright, partisan, battlesome and uncaring for the feelings of others.

See also

• warsome