quarrel
1an angry dispute or altercation; a disagreement marked by a temporary or permanent break in friendly relations.
a cause of dispute, complaint, or hostile feeling: She has no quarrel with her present salary.
to disagree angrily; squabble; wrangle.
to end a friendship as a result of a disagreement.
to make a complaint; find fault.
Origin of quarrel
1synonym study For quarrel
Other words for quarrel
Other words from quarrel
- quar·rel·er, noun
- quar·rel·ing·ly, adverb
- un·quar·rel·ing, adjective
- un·quar·rel·ling, adjective
Other definitions for quarrel (2 of 2)
a square-headed bolt or arrow, formerly used with a crossbow.
Also quarry. a small, square or diamond-shaped pane of glass, as used in latticed windows.
any of various tools with pyramidal heads.
Origin of quarrel
2Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2024
How to use quarrel in a sentence
Shanghai issued a notice stating that Zhang had been arrested and detained for “picking quarrels and provoking trouble.”
Journalists faced new threats in 2020. These 10 and countless others deserve justice | lbelanger225 | January 4, 2021 | FortuneThis May, she was arrested for a vague charge of “picking quarrels and provoking trouble.”
The ‘darkest days’ of COVID-19 are still to come | Sara Kiley Watson | December 29, 2020 | Popular-ScienceThe comprehensive history of this quarrel — and the question of why anyone cares about it — has filled books and occupied historians, critics, and cinephiles to a degree that can seem baffling from the outside.
The tangled history behind David Fincher’s Mank — and its link to Citizen Kane — explained | Alissa Wilkinson | December 4, 2020 | VoxShe went missing on May 14, and the following day security officials issued a notice stating that Zhang had been arrested and detained for “picking quarrels and provoking trouble.”
These 10 journalists face additional threats from COVID-19 | lbelanger225 | December 2, 2020 | FortuneSome who heard the victim shouting thought it was a lovers’ quarrel.
5 Psychology Terms You’re Probably Misusing (Ep. 334 Rebroadcast) | Stephen J. Dubner | January 9, 2020 | Freakonomics
Then I see all those couples quarreling in Bed, Bath, and Beyond.
A young man who supports the NRA and enjoys public quarrels with strangers walked up and started quarreling.
NRA Convention Gun Advocates Include Victims, Immigrants, Kids | Michael Ames | May 6, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTMost recently, members of the American Psychiatric Association are quarreling about whether grief is a disease entity—depression.
Bereavement Doesn’t Equal Depression, and It’s No Disease for the DSM | T. Byram Karasu | January 27, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST"Children, stop your quarreling," commanded Bertha Brown, sternly.
The Sunbridge Girls at Six Star Ranch | Eleanor H. (Eleanor Hodgman) Porter"You are too hard and stiff," said the Scarecrow, and this was as near to quarreling as the two friends ever came.
The Tin Woodman of Oz | L. Frank BaumShe was always cross, and she never passed a day without quarreling and flying into furious tempers.
Maupassant Original Short Stories (180), Complete | Guy de MaupassantWe are told that on another occasion he found some Marblehead fishermen and Virginia riflemen quarreling.
The Story of the Thirteen Colonies | H. A. (Hlne Adeline) GuerberWe have more serious things to think of than quarreling in our conversation.
Paul Patoff | F. Marion Crawford
British Dictionary definitions for quarrel (1 of 2)
/ (ˈkwɒrəl) /
an angry disagreement; argument
a cause of disagreement or dispute; grievance
to engage in a disagreement or dispute; argue
to find fault; complain
Origin of quarrel
1Derived forms of quarrel
- quarreller or US quarreler, noun
British Dictionary definitions for quarrel (2 of 2)
/ (ˈkwɒrəl) /
an arrow having a four-edged head, fired from a crossbow
a small square or diamond-shaped pane of glass, usually one of many in a fixed or casement window and framed with lead
Origin of quarrel
2Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Other Idioms and Phrases with quarrel
see pick a quarrel.
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