| VERB | communication | quarrel, dispute, scrap, argufy, altercate | have a disagreement over something |
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| NOUN | communication | quarrel, wrangle, row, words, run-in, dustup | an angry dispute |
| artifact | quarrel | an arrow that is shot from a crossbow |
| Sounds | kwao'rahl | |
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| Rhymes | abdominal ... zoological: 2115 rhymes with ahl... | |
| Meaning | An angry dispute. | |
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| Example | "they had a quarrel" | |
| Synonyms | wrangle, row, words, run-in, dustup | |
| Narrower | affray, altercation, fracas | noisy quarrel |
| bicker, bickering, spat, tiff, squabble, pettifoggery, fuss | A quarrel about petty points | |
| bust-up | A serious quarrel (especially one that ends a friendship) | |
| Broader | dispute, difference, difference of opinion, conflict | A disagreement or argument about something important |
| Spanish | altercado, brega, camorra, choque, discusión, disputa, dustup, encontrón, palabras, pelea, pelotera, pleito, reyerta, riña, roce, trifulca | |
| Catalan | baralla, batussa, brega, disputa, dustup, renyina | |
| Verbs | quarrel | have a disagreement over something |
| Meaning | An arrow that is shot from a crossbow; has a head with four edges. | |
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| Broader | arrow | A projectile with a straight thin shaft and an arrowhead on one end and stabilizing vanes on the other |
| Spanish | cuadrillo | |
| Catalan | cairell | |
| Meaning | Have a disagreement over something. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Model | Sam and Sue quarrel; Sam wants to quarrel with Sue | |
| Example | "We quarreled over the question as to who discovered America" | |
| Synonyms | dispute, scrap, argufy, altercate | |
| Narrower | brawl, wrangle | To quarrel noisily, angrily or disruptively |
| fall out | Have a breach in relations / relations | |
| polemize, polemise, polemicize, polemicise | Engage in a controversy | |
| spat | Engage in a brief and petty quarrel | |
| Broader | argue, contend, debate, fence | Have an argument about something |
| Spanish | altercar, discutirse, disputar, pelearse | |
| Catalan | barallar-se, discutir-se, discutir, disputar | |
| Nouns | quarrel | an angry dispute |
| quarreler, quarreller | a disputant who quarrels | |
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