be spoiling for a fight
Definition
› to be very eager to fight or argue: Local councillors are spoiling for a fight over plans to close two village schools.Bad-tempered
(Definition of be spoiling for a fight from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- argumentative adjective
- bad-tempered adjective
- be hell on wheels idiom
- be like a bear with a sore head idiom
- bilious adjective
- bolshy adjective
- dyspeptic adjective
- get out of bed (on) the wrong side idiom
- grouchy adjective
- grumpy adjective
- have a short fuse idiom
- huffy adjective
- peppery adjective
- petulant adjective
- pugnacious adjective
- quarrelsome adjective
- quick temper noun
- surly adjective
- truculent adjective
- wear thin idiom
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Bad-tempered
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