quarrel as a noun: - 1
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as a verb: - 1
quarrel
noun
1 quarrel
An angry dispute:
— They had a quarrel.
synonyms: dustup, row, run-in, words, wrangle.
Roget 713:
disagreement
etc.
24;
discord,
disaccord†,
dissidence,
dissonance;
jar,
clash,
shock;
jarring,
jostling
etc.
v.;
screw loose.
variance,
difference,
dissension,
misunderstanding,
cross purposes,
odds,
brouillerie [Fr.];
division,
split,
rupture,
disruption,
division in the camp,
house divided against itself,
disunion,
breach;
schism
etc.
(dissent)
489;
feud,
faction.
quarrel,
dispute,
tiff,
tracasserie†,
squabble,
altercation,
barney [Slang],
demel_e,
snarl,
spat,
towrow†,
words,
high words;
wrangling
etc.
v.;
jangle,
brabble†,
cross questions and crooked answers,
snip-snap;
family jars.
polemics;
litigation;
strife
etc.
(contention)
720;
warfare
etc.
722;
outbreak,
open rupture,
declaration of war.
broil,
brawl,
row,
racket,
hubbub,
rixation†;
embroilment,
embranglement†,
imbroglio,
fracas,
breach of the peace,
piece of work [Fr.],
scrimmage,
rumpus;
breeze,
squall;
riot,
disturbance
etc.
(disorder)
59;
commotion
etc.
(agitation)
315;
bear garden,
Donnybrook,
Donnybrook Fair.
subject of dispute,
ground of quarrel,
battle ground,
disputed point;
bone of contention,
bone to pick;
apple of discord,
casus belli [Lat.];
question at issue
etc.
(subject of inquiry)
461;
vexed question,
vexata quaestio [Lat.],
brand of discord.
troublous times†;
cat-and-dog life;
contentiousness
etc.
adj.;
enmity
etc.
889;
hate
etc.
898;
Kilkenny cats;
disputant
etc.
710;
strange bedfellows.
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Dutch: dispuut, bonje, disharmonie, heibel, herrie, kif, kift, kwestie, mot, onaangenaamheden, onaangenaamheid, onenigheid, onmin, onvrede, ruzie, trammelant, twist ... show more
Polish: kłótnia, niesnaski, swary, waśń
2 quarrel
An arrow that is shot from a crossbow; has a head with four edges.
Polish: bełt
verb
1 quarrel
Have a disagreement over something:
— We quarreled over the question as to who discovered America.
synonyms: altercate, argufy, dispute, scrap.
Roget 713:
be discordant
etc.
adj.;
disagree,
come amiss
etc.
24;
clash,
jar,
jostle,
pull different ways,
conflict,
have no measures with,
misunderstand one another;
live like cat and dog;
differ;
dissent
etc.
489;
have a bone to pick,
have a crow to pluck with.
fall out,
quarrel,
dispute;
litigate;
controvert
etc.
(deny)
536;
squabble,
wrangle,
jangle,
brangle†,
bicker,
nag;
spar
etc.
(contend)
720;
have words
etc.
n..
with;
fall foul of.
split;
break with,
break squares with,
part company with;
declare war,
try conclusions;
join issue,
put in issue;
pick a quarrel,
fasten a quarrel on;
sow dissension,
stir up dissension
etc.
n.;
embroil,
entangle,
disunite,
widen the breach;
set at odds,
set together by the ears;
set against,
pit against.
get into hot water,
fish in troubled waters,
brawl;
kick up a row,
kick up a dust;
turn the house out of window.
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Dutch: redetwisten, bekvechten, kiften, overhoopliggen, ruziën, twisten
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