quarrel

1. 1.

   have a disagreement over something

   “We quarreled over the question as to who discovered America”

   “These two fellows are always scrapping over something”

   Synonymsdisputescrapargufyaltercate

   Broaderargue

   Narrowerbrawlspatpolemizefall out

Other forms of quarrel

plural

quarrels·

past tense or participle

quarrelled

present participle

quarrelling

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about quarrel

What does quarrel mean?

quarrel means "an angry dispute". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in quarrel?

quarrel has 2 syllables: quar-rel. The stress falls on "quar". In IPA it is /ˈkwɔɹəl/.

What is another word for quarrel?

Close synonyms include wrangle, row, words, run-in, dustup. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is quarrel a common word?

quarrel is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.