Definitions for quarrel

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quarrel quar·rel

Spelling: [kwawr-uh l, kwor-]

IPA: /ˈkwɔr əl, ˈkwɒr-/

Quarrel is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 16 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 82 anagrams from letters in quarrel (aelqrru).

Definitions for quarrel

noun

1. an angry dispute or altercation; a disagreement marked by a temporary or permanent break in friendly relations.
2. a cause of dispute, complaint, or hostile feeling:
3. a square-headed bolt or arrow, formerly used with a crossbow.
4. Also, quarry. a small, square or diamond-shaped pane of glass, as used in latticed windows.
5. any of various tools with pyramidal heads.

verb (used without object)

1. to disagree angrily; squabble; wrangle.
2. to end a friendship as a result of a disagreement.
3. to make a complaint; find fault.

Origin of quarrel

1300-50; Middle English querele Old French Latin querēla, querella a complaint, derivative of querī to complain

Examples for quarrel

He cherishes no quarrel, therefore, with his destiny, nor with the Author of it.

The quarrel is not yours nor mine, nor the grievances naither.

"So ends our quarrel, then," said Aylward, sheathing his sword.

You can quarrel with that decision in all sorts of ways, but it is the worker, not the company, who gets most of the benefit.

When quiet, he realized that the quarrel was a metaphor for the Arab-Israeli conflict.

"You seek to force a quarrel, sir," said the young man, white with anger.

Their quarrel is with more recently formed verbs like incentivize.

I share their concern about government, but this is not a quarrel with our government in Washington.

He concluded, the Gaza refugees "have no quarrel with the Jews."

Very well, then, Sir, you are ill; don't let us quarrel about that.