Synonyms for quarrel
ˈkwɔr əl, ˈkwɒr-

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1. quarrel, wrangle, row, words, run-in, dustup(noun)

   an angry dispute

   "they had a quarrel"; "they had words"

   Synonyms:
   words, wrangle, course, lyric, haggling, language, speech, wrangling, row, run-in, dustup, rowing, actor's line, haggle

2. quarrel(verb)

   an arrow that is shot from a crossbow; has a head with four edges

   Synonyms:
   run-in, dustup, words, row, wrangle

3. quarrel, dispute, scrap, argufy, altercate(verb)

   have a disagreement over something

   "We quarreled over the question as to who discovered America"; "These two fellows are always scrapping over something"

   Synonyms:
   altercate, junk, gainsay, challenge, trash, dispute, scrap, argufy

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1. quarrel

   A feud is enmity between families, clans, or parties, with acts of hostility mutually retaliated and avenged; feud is rarely used of individuals, never of nations. While all the other words of the group may refer to that which is transient, a feud is long-enduring, and often hereditary. Dissension is used of a number of persons, of a party or other organization. Bitterness is in feeling only; enmity and hostility involve will and purpose to oppose or injure. A quarrel is in word or act, or both, and is commonly slight and transient, as we speak of childish quarrels; contention and strife may be in word or deed; contest ordinarily involves some form of action. Contest is often used in a good sense, contention and strife very rarely so. Controversy is commonly in words; strife extends from verbal controversy to the contests of armies. Affray, brawl, and broil, like quarrel, are words of inferior dignity. An affray or broil may arise at a street corner; the affray always involves physical force; the brawl or broil may be confined to violent language.

   Synonyms:
   affray, animosity, bitterness, brawl, broil, contention, contest, controversy, dispute, dissension, enmity, feud, fray, hostility, strife

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1. quarrel(n)

   Synonyms:
   brawl, altercation, affray, squabble, feud, tumult, dispute, wrangle, variance, disagreement, misunderstanding, hostility, quarreling, embroilment, bickering, broil

   Antonyms:
   confabulation, conversation, chat, pleasantry, conciliation, agreement, harmony, understanding, friendliness, peace, amity, good will

2. quarrel(v)

   Synonyms:
   wrangle, squabble, dispute, spur, jangle, fall out, bicker, brawl

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1. quarrel(n.)

   Synonyms:
   brawl, feud, affray, fray, contention, altercation, wrangle, contest, squabble, broil, jar, breach, rupture, difference, disagreement, dissension, bickering, quarrelling, strife, breeze, falling out

2. quarrel(v. n.)

   Synonyms:
   wrangle, squabble, bicker, BRAWL, dispute, spar, jangle, TIFF, fall out, have words, have an altercation, be at variance, have a bone to pick, pick a quarrel

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1. quarrel(n)

   Synonyms:
   altercation, disagreement, dispute, brawl, affray, fray, variance, bickering, contention, wrangle, spat, tiff, squabble, broil, dissension

2. quarrel(v)

   Synonyms:
   wrangle, altercate, dispute, contend, squabble, bicker, spar, jangle, disagree, clash, dissent, differ

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1. List of paraphrases:

   feud, dispute

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Australian

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Indian

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How to use quarrel in a sentence?

1. William Shakespeare:

   Beware Of entrance to a quarrel but being in, Bear't that the opposed may beware of thee. Give every man thy ear, but few thy voice Take each man's censure, but reserve thy judgment. Costly thy habit as thy purse can buy, But not express'd in fancy rich, not gaudy For the apparel oft proclaims the man.

2. Dan Simmons:

   An artist on Esperance had once said to me, "Having sex or a domestic quarrel with the house monitors on is like undressing in front of a dog or cat ... it gives you pause the first time, and then you forget about it.

3. Dutch Proverb:

   When two quarrel, both are to blame.

4. William Shakespeare:

   In a false quarrel there is no true valour.

5. James Waddell Alexander, II:

   The true recipe for a miserable existence is to quarrel with Providence.

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