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All have a bone to pick synonyms

have a AnΒ·naΒ·ba to pick
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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.
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