verbal quarrel
1quarrel# — quarrel n Quarrel, wrangle, altercation, squabble, bickering, spat, tiff are comparable when they mean a dispute marked by anger or discord on both sides. The same distinctions in implications and connotations are found in their corresponding… …
2quarrel — quarrel1 [kwôr′əl, kwär′əl] n. [ME quarel < OFr < ML querellus < VL * quadrellum, dim. of L quadrus, a square] 1. a bolt or arrow with a quadrangular head, shot from a crossbow 2. a small, diamond shaped or square pane of glass, as in a… …
3quarrel — 1. noun they had a quarrel about money Syn: argument, disagreement, squabble, fight, dispute, wrangle, clash, altercation, feud, contretemps, disputation, falling out, war of words, shouting match; informal tiff, run in, hassle, blowup …
4quarrel — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French, square block of stone, bolt, from Vulgar Latin *quadrellum, diminutive of Latin quadrum square more at quadrate Date: 13th century a square headed bolt or arrow especially for a crossbow II.… …
5quarrel — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. altercation, wrangle, squabble, spat (inf.); dispute, controversy, feud. v. i. dispute, disagree, wrangle, squabble; find fault. See discord, disapprobation. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [An angry dispute]… …
6quarrel — quarrel1 quarreler, n. quarrelingly, adv. /kwawr euhl, kwor /, n., v., quarreled, quarreling or (esp. Brit.) quarrelled, quarrelling. n. 1. an angry dispute or altercation; a disagreement marked by a temporary or permanent break in friendly… …
7quarrel — 1. noun /ˈkwɒrəl/ a) A verbal dispute or heated argument. Quarrels would not last long if the fault were only on one side b) A ground of dispute; a complaint 2. verb /ˈkwɒrəl/ …
8A Fair Quarrel — is a Jacobean tragicomedy, a collaboration between Thomas Middleton and William Rowley that was first published in 1617.Performance and PublicationThe play is thought to have been written and performed most likely in the 1615 ndash;16 period,… …
9dispute — I. v. n. 1. Debate, argue, contend in argument. 2. Bicker, wrangle, quarrel, brawl, spar, spat, jangle, squabble, tiff, fall out, have words, have an altercation. II. v. a. 1. Debate, discuss, agitate, ventilate, argue, reason about. 2.… …
10slanging match — n argument, row, quarrel, dispute, shouting match FORMAL altercation COLLOQ. argy bargy, barney, set to, spat * * * ▶ noun (informal). See quarrel noun …
