quarrelnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈkwɒr.əl/us/ˈkwɔːr.əl/B2 an angry disagreement between two or more people or groups:
They had a bitter quarrel about/over some money three years ago and they haven't spoken to each other since.
We have no quarrel with the people of your country (= we have no reason to disagree with or dislike them).
They seem to have patched up their quarrel (= finished their disagreement and started to be friendly).
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- Don't let one little quarrel come between you.
- Eventually, the duelling politicians agreed to end their quarrel.
- She's always raking up that old quarrel.
- They had a quarrel last night and now they're not on speaking terms with each other.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Arguments & disagreements
- argument
- belligerent
- blow up
- bust up
- conflict
- confrontation
- contention
- disharmony
- dissonance
- feud
- fracas
- fray
- Mexican standoff
- quibble
- rivalry
- row 1
- shindig
- slanging match
- trouble
- tussle
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quarrelverb [ I ]
uk/ˈkwɒr.əl/us/ˈkwɔːr.əl/-ll- or US usually -l-B2 to have an angry disagreement with someone:
What did you quarrel about/over?
She quarrelled with everyone in the village.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Arguing & disagreeing
- afoul
- beg
- bet
- bicker
- cat
- conflicting
- contestation
- contrarian
- exchange words idiom
- gherao
- have a bone to pick with sb idiom
- lock
- make a case for sth idiom
- mano a mano
- row 1
- slang
- spar
- split
- variance
- wrangle
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Phrasal verb(s)
quarrel with sth