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having a chip on one's shoulder

  • as inargumentative
  • as inpolemic
  • as inpolemical
  • as inscrappy
  • as inlitigiousness
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Synonyms for having a chip on one's shoulder

adj wanting to quarrel
  • belligerent
  • combative
  • contentious
  • opinionated
  • contrary
  • controversial
  • disputatious
  • factious
  • fire-eating
  • having a chip on one's shoulder
  • litigious
  • pugnacious
  • quarrelsome
  • salty
  • scrappy
  • spiky
  • touchy

Antonyms for having a chip on one's shoulder

  • compromising
  • agreeable
  • complaisant
  • friendly
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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