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What (who) is Quarrel - definition
quarrel
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Quarrel (disambiguation)
I. n.
1.
Brawl, feud, affray, fray, tumult, contention, altercation, tiff, misunderstanding, wrangle, contest, squabble, broil, jar, breach, rupture, dispute, difference, disagreement, dissension, bickering, quarrelling, strife, breeze, falling out, variance.
2.
Dispute, contest, open variance, breach of concord.
3.
Objection, ill-will.
II. v. n.
1.
Wrangle, scold, altercate, squabble, bicker, brawl, dispute, spar, jangle, fall out, have words, have an altercation, be at variance.
2.
Scuffle, squabble, fight.
3.
Cavil, find fault, carp.
4.
Disagree, clash, jar, be discordant.
Quarrel
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Quarrel (disambiguation)
·vt To quarrel with.
II. Quarrel ·noun A glazier's diamond.
III. Quarrel ·noun Earnest desire or longing.
IV. Quarrel ·noun A square or lozenge-shaped paving tile.
V. Quarrel ·noun Any small square or quadrangular member.
VI. Quarrel ·noun A square of glass, ·esp. when set diagonally.
VII. Quarrel ·noun One who quarrels or wrangles; one who is quarrelsome.
VIII. Quarrel ·noun A four-sided cutting tool or chisel having a diamond-shaped end.
IX. Quarrel ·noun An arrow for a crossbow;
- so named because it commonly had a square head.
X. Quarrel ·vt To compel by a quarrel; as, to quarrel a man out of his estate or rights.
XII. Quarrel ·noun A small opening in window tracery, of which the cusps, ·etc., make the form nearly square.
XIII. Quarrel ·vi To violate concord or agreement; to have a difference; to fall out; to be or become antagonistic.
XIV. Quarrel ·noun Ground of objection, dislike, difference, or hostility; cause of dispute or contest; occasion of altercation.
XV. Quarrel ·vi To dispute angrily, or violently; to Wrangle; to Scold; to Altercate; to Contend; to Fight.
XVI. Quarrel ·noun A breach of concord, amity, or obligation; a falling out; a difference; a disagreement; an antagonism in opinion, feeling, or conduct; ·esp., an angry dispute, contest, or strife; a brawl; an altercation; as, he had a quarrel with his father about expenses.
quarrel
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Quarrel (disambiguation)
quarrel1
¦ noun
1. an angry argument or disagreement.
2. a reason for disagreement.
¦ verb (quarrels, quarrelling, quarrelled; US quarrels, quarreling, quarreled)
1. have a quarrel.
(quarrel with) disagree with.
2. W. Indian complain; scold.
Derivatives
quarreller noun
Origin
ME: from OFr. querele, from L. querel(l)a 'complaint', from queri 'complain'.
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quarrel2
¦ noun historical a short heavy square-headed arrow or bolt for a crossbow or arbalest.
Origin
ME: from OFr., based on late L. quadrus 'square'; cf. quarry3.
Examples of use of Quarrel
1. While I would minimise the quarrel itself, I would never minimise the suffering that the quarrel has wrought.
2. "I have no quarrel with his investigation of communists.
3. Interventionists agree on ends but quarrel about means.
4. People will not quarrel over principles," he said.
5. They deliberately picked a quarrel and roughed me up.