All have a bone to pick synonyms
have a AnΒ·naΒ·ba to pick
H h adj have a bone to pick
- belligerent β A belligerent person is hostile and aggressive.
- combative β A person who is combative is aggressive and eager to fight or argue.
- contentious β A contentious issue causes a lot of disagreement or arguments.
- hostile β of, relating to, or characteristic of an enemy: a hostile nation.
- quarrelsome β inclined to quarrel; argumentative; contentious.
- ornery β ugly and unpleasant in disposition or temper: No one can get along with my ornery cousin.
- bellicose β You use bellicose to refer to aggressive actions or behaviour that are likely to start an argument or a fight.
- antagonistic β If a person is antagonistic to someone or something, they show hatred or dislike towards them.
- aggressive β An aggressive person or animal has a quality of anger and determination that makes them ready to attack other people.
- militant β vigorously active and aggressive, especially in support of a cause: militant reformers.
- flip β to toss or put in motion with a sudden impulse, as with a snap of a finger and thumb, especially so as to cause to turn over in the air: to flip a coin.
- fighting β fit to fight: a boxer who's no longer in fighting shape.
- mean β to intend for a particular purpose, destination, etc.: They were meant for each other. Synonyms: destine, foreordain.
- ardent β Ardent is used to describe someone who has extremely strong feelings about something or someone.
- cantankerous β Someone who is cantankerous is always finding things to argue or complain about.
- fierce β menacingly wild, savage, or hostile: fierce animals; a fierce look.
- hot β having or giving off heat; having a high temperature: a hot fire; hot coffee.
- hot-tempered β easily angered; short-tempered.
- pugnacious β inclined to quarrel or fight readily; quarrelsome; belligerent; combative.
- truculent β fierce; cruel; savagely brutal.
- warlike β fit, qualified, or ready for war; martial: a warlike fleet; warlike tribes.
- scrappy β fond of fighting, arguing, or competing.
- at loggerheads β If two or more people or groups are at loggerheads, they disagree very strongly with each other.
- battling β a hostile encounter or engagement between opposing military forces: the battle of Waterloo.
- have it in for β Usually, haves. an individual or group that has wealth, social position, or other material benefits (contrasted with have-not).
- on the outs β on unfriendly terms
- argumentative β Someone who is argumentative is always ready to disagree or start quarrelling with other people.
- choleric β A choleric person gets angry very easily. You can also use choleric to describe a person who is very angry.
- defiant β If you say that someone is defiant, you mean they show aggression or independence by refusing to obey someone.
- disputatious β fond of or given to disputation; argumentative; contentious: disputatious litigants.
- irascible β easily provoked to anger; very irritable: an irascible old man.
- irritable β easily irritated or annoyed; readily excited to impatience or anger.
- pushing β that pushes.
- pushy β obnoxiously forward or self-assertive.
- rebellious β defying or resisting some established authority, government, or tradition; insubordinate; inclined to rebel.
- salty β tasting of or containing salt; saline.
- self-assertive β insistence on or an expression of one's own importance, wishes, needs, opinions, or the like.
- brawling β a noisy quarrel, squabble, or fight.