Checking saved dictionary data and trusted language sources. This will stop automatically if a source does not respond.
Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(archaic) A quarrelsome person; one ready to pick quarrels..
And on the other side, cursed be the peace-breakers, pickquarrels, whisperers, backbiters, sowers of discord, dispraisers of them that be good, to bring them out of favour, interpreters to evil that is done for a good purpose, finders of faults where none is […]
Use pick-quarrel when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Pick-quarrel means (archaic) A quarrelsome person; one ready to pick quarrels..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
And on the other side, cursed be the peace-breakers, pickquarrels, whisperers, backbiters, sowers of discord, dispraisers of them that be good, to bring them out of favour, interpreters to evil that is done for a good purpose, finders of faults where none is […]
FreeDictionaryAPI.com / Wiktionary · Original source · CC BY-SA 4.0
Dictionary data is provided by FreeDictionaryAPI.com and sourced from Wiktionary under its stated license.