Definitions for quarrels

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quarrels quar·rel

Spelling: [kwawr-uh l, kwor-]

IPA: /ˈkwɔr əl, ˈkwɒr-/

Quarrels is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 16 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 190 anagrams from letters in quarrels (aelqrrsu).

Definitions for quarrels

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 quarrels

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

Examples for quarrels

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

Their quarrel is with more recently formed verbs like incentivize.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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