bickersome

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adjective

Characterised or marked by bickering.

Scrabble 20

Meanings

adjectivebickersome (comparative more bickersome, superlative most bickersome)

comparative more bickersome · superlative most bickersome

  1. Characterised or marked by bickering.

    And once you become a bickersome couple it's a short ride to bitter and trapped.

    2012, Grace Grant, P.J. MacAllister, Flyover States
    2 more examples

    In a colonial setting, moreover, they are particularly revealing of the bickersome process of constructing a new social structure out of a diverse population of natives and newcomers.

    2007, Richmond F. Brown, Coastal Encounters

    This emphasis underscores Louis XIV's rejection of bickersome Paris for the tranquil countryside of Versailles, but also symbolized the expansion of absolute power outside of the capital and into the most remote rural corners of the realm.

    2008, Shannon Lee Dawdy, Building the Devil's Empire

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*bʰeg-
  2. Proto-Germanic*bikjaną
  3. Proto-West Germanic*bikkjan
  4. Old Dutch*bikken
  5. Middle Dutchbicken
  6. Middle Englishbikeren
  7. Englishbicker
  8. Proto-Indo-European*sem-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*somHós
  10. Proto-Germanic*samaz
  11. Englishbickersome

From bicker + -some.

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APA

bickersome. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bickersome

MLA

“bickersome.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bickersome. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bickersome,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bickersome.

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