Quarrel
['kwɒr(ə)l] or ['kwɔrəl]
Definition
(noun.) an arrow that is shot from a crossbow; has a head with four edges.
(noun.) an angry dispute; 'they had a quarrel'; 'they had words'.
(verb.) have a disagreement over something; 'We quarreled over the question as to who discovered America'; 'These two fellows are always scrapping over something'.
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Definition
(n.) An arrow for a crossbow; -- so named because it commonly had a square head.
(n.) Any small square or quadrangular member
(n.) A square of glass, esp. when set diagonally.
(n.) A small opening in window tracery, of which the cusps, etc., make the form nearly square.
(n.) A square or lozenge-shaped paving tile.
(n.) A glazier's diamond.
(n.) A four-sided cutting tool or chisel having a diamond-shaped end.
(n.) 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.
(n.) Ground of objection, dislike, difference, or hostility; cause of dispute or contest; occasion of altercation.
(n.) Earnest desire or longing.
(v. i.) To violate concord or agreement; to have a difference; to fall out; to be or become antagonistic.
(v. i.) To dispute angrily, or violently; to wrangle; to scold; to altercate; to contend; to fight.
(v. i.) To find fault; to cavil; as, to quarrel with one's lot.
(v. t.) To quarrel with.
(v. t.) To compel by a quarrel; as, to quarrel a man out of his estate or rights.
(n.) One who quarrels or wrangles; one who is quarrelsome.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Brawl, feud, affray, fray, contention, altercation, wrangle, contest, squabble, broil, jar, breach, rupture, difference, disagreement, dissension, bickering, quarrelling, strife, breeze, falling out.
v. n. 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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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Brawl, altercation, affray, squabble, feud, tumult, dispute, wrangle, variance,disagreement, misunderstanding, hostility, quarreling, embroilment, bickering,broil
ANT:Confabulation, conversation, chat, pleasantry, conciliation, agreement,harmony, understanding, friendliness, peace, amity, good_will
SYN:Wrangle, squabble, dispute, spur, jangle, fall_out, bicker, brawl,[See BRAWL]
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Definition
n. an angry dispute: a breach of friendship: (Shak.) a cause of complaint: a brawl: (Shak.) a quarreller.—v.i. to cavil find fault: to dispute violently: to fight: to disagree.—v.t. (Scot.) to find fault with: to affect by quarrelling:—pr.p. quarr′elling; pa.t. and pa.p. quarr′elled.—ns. Quarr′eller; Quarr′elling strife: dissension: brawling.—adjs. Quarr′ellous (Shak.) quarrelsome; Quarr′elsome disposed to quarrel: brawling: easily provoked.—adv. Quarr′elsomely.—n. Quarr′elsomeness.—Quarrel with one's bread and butter to act in a way prejudicial to one's means of subsistence.—Pick a quarrel with to try to get into a dispute with; Take up a quarrel (Shak.) to settle a dispute.
n. a square of glass placed diagonally: a lozenge or diamond: a diamond pane of glass: a small square tile: a square-headed arrow for a cross-bow: a graver glaziers' diamond or other tool having a several-edged head or point.—ns. Quarr′elet a small lozenge; Quarr′el-pane.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
Quarrels in dreams, portends unhappiness, and fierce altercations. To a young woman, it is the signal of fatal unpleasantries, and to a married woman it brings separation or continuous disagreements. To hear others quarreling, denotes unsatisfactory business and disappointing trade.
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Examples
- As he extended his hand with a magnificently forgiving air, and as I was broken by illness and unfit to quarrel, I took it. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- But nothing will induce me to quarrel with any one to-night. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- You and I shall quarrel, Naumann, if you call that lady my aunt again. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- He soon began to quarrel again as usual. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- It is not a passionate quarrel that would have broken my heart; it is the steady opposition and persistence in going wrong that he has shown. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- And any difference which arises among them will be regarded by them as discord only--a quarrel among friends, which is not to be called a war? Plato. The Republic.
- And as the result of a quarrel with the King of Lombardy, his father-in-law, he conquered Lombardy and North Italy. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- This will certainly be the beginning of one of our quarrels about Emma, Mr. Knightley. Jane Austen. Emma.
- The suave aunt could not reconcile them; the daughters froze at the view of their quarrels. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Above all things, I dislike family quarrels; and when they happen among my relations, nothing gives me more pain. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- Hitherto man has been living in a slum, amidst quarrels, revenges, vanities, shames and taints, hot desires, and urgent appetites. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- And I believe, upon a strict inquiry, those quarrels might be shown as ill-grounded among us as they are among that people. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- Oh, what can I do to prevent these dreadful quarrels! Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- And after the boisterous dulness of the mess-table, the quarrels and scandal of the ladies of the regiment! William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Since that, we have quarrelled, and I have vainly asked him to return me my farce or pay me for it. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- In my quiet days, when I was my own man, I never quarrelled with the night for being long, nor cursed my bed for its thorns. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- My father and he quarrelled long ago. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- We quarrelled finely, and Mrs. Clements, not liking to see it, I suppose, offered to take Anne away to live in London with her. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- I did, but we quarrelled so much it wore itself out. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- She never quarrelled, she never took offence; she only kept a certain distance, obstinately and civilly, between the rest of them and herself. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- And then she threw her work away, and threw her book after it, and sat down and hummed a tune, and hummed it out of tune, and quarrelled with it. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- His look and manner unmistakably betrayed that he knew who I was, and that he wanted to irritate me into quarrelling with him. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- I should be quarrelling with all my new books, said Mary, lifting the volume on the table. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- I showed no resentment, I deferred quarrelling with him till it was necessary to quarrel to some purpose. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- I see you and St. John have been quarrelling, Jane, said Diana, during your walk on the moor. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Newland, did you ever know of cousin Henry's quarrelling? Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- We should be quarrelling, abusing, avoiding one another. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- We have been quarrelling here a little, Mr Rokesmith, but not more than we used; you know our agreeable ways among ourselves. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
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