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Word - rootword - affixes
malalison - lalis - ma-~-on~
ma.la.li.sun. - 4 syllables

ma- = malalis
-on = malalison
malalison

malalison : argumentative (adj.)
lalis [lá.lis.] : argue (v.); bicker (v.); wrangle (v.)

Derivatives of lalis


Glosses:
argumentative
adj. 1. argumentativegiven to or characterized by argument.; "an argumentative discourse"; "argumentative to the point of being cantankerous"; "an intelligent but argumentative child"
~ quarrelsomegiven to quarreling.; "arguing children"; "quarrelsome when drinking"
~ combative, contentious, disputatious, disputative, litigiousinclined or showing an inclination to dispute or disagree, even to engage in law suits.; "a style described as abrasive and contentious"; "a disputatious lawyer"; "a litigious and acrimonious spirit"
~ eristic, eristicalgiven to disputation for its own sake and often employing specious arguments.
bicker
n. (communication)1. bicker, bickering, fuss, pettifoggery, spat, squabble, tiffa quarrel about petty points.
~ dustup, quarrel, run-in, wrangle, row, wordsan angry dispute.; "they had a quarrel"; "they had words"
v. (communication)2. bicker, brabble, niggle, pettifog, quibble, squabbleargue over petty things.; "Let's not quibble over pennies"
~ argue, contend, debate, fencehave an argument about something.
wrangle
n. (communication)1. dustup, quarrel, row, run-in, words, wranglean angry dispute.; "they had a quarrel"; "they had words"
~ difference of opinion, dispute, difference, conflicta disagreement or argument about something important.; "he had a dispute with his wife"; "there were irreconcilable differences"; "the familiar conflict between Republicans and Democrats"
~ affray, altercation, fracasnoisy quarrel.
~ bicker, bickering, pettifoggery, spat, squabble, tiff, fussa quarrel about petty points.
~ bust-upa serious quarrel (especially one that ends a friendship).
n. (communication)2. haggle, haggling, wrangle, wranglingan instance of intense argument (as in bargaining).
~ bargainingthe negotiation of the terms of a transaction or agreement.
v. (communication)3. brawl, wrangleto quarrel noisily, angrily or disruptively.; "The bar keeper threw them out, but they continued to wrangle on down the street"
~ altercate, argufy, quarrel, dispute, scraphave a disagreement over something.; "We quarreled over the question as to who discovered America"; "These two fellows are always scrapping over something"
v. (stative)4. wrangleherd and care for.; "wrangle horses"
~ herdkeep, move, or drive animals.; "Who will be herding the cattle when the cowboy dies?"