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How to pronounce quarrel in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms dustup, row, run-in, words, wrangle
Type of dispute, conflict, difference, difference of opinion
Has types bust-up, affray, altercation, bicker, bickering, fracas, fuss, pettifoggery, spat, squabble, tiff


they had a quarrel.
Type Words
Synonyms altercate, argufy, dispute, scrap
Type of contend, debate, argue, fence
Has types polemise, polemize, wrangle, spat, brawl, fall out, polemicise, polemicize
Derivation quarreler, quarreller


We quarreled over the question as to who discovered America.
Type Words
Type of arrow

Examples of quarrel

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Yet it has lurched from quarrel to quarrel with all its most important partners.
From the economist.com
Any solution to the Arab-Israel quarrel finally turns on getting agreed borders.
From the time.com
Neither have I. My quarrel is SOLELY with the EU and what it is doing to Europe.
From the economist.com
The Legionnaires had an additional quarrel, with the German minority in Romania.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Nobody could quarrel with Bhutan's wish to preserve its unique cultural heritage.
From the economist.com
Apple never had any quarrel over letting Flash work on its Macintosh computers.
From the economist.com
Some individuals involved in the quarrel were going to attend the varsity game.
From the stltoday.com
Still, at least the quarrel over the mandate is about something relatively new.
From the washingtonpost.com
While his parents quarrel, Jake lags behind attracted by the carved Punchinellos.
From the guardian.co.uk
More examples
  • An angry dispute; "they had a quarrel"; "they had words"
  • Have a disagreement over something; "We quarreled over the question as to who discovered America"; "These two fellows are always scrapping over something"
  • An arrow that is shot from a crossbow; has a head with four edges
  • Quarrel may refer to:
  • Z Force is a fictional infantry military unit that features in the Action Force universe, a European version of the G.I.Joe action figure and comic book series.
  • A list of James Bond allies in the novel and film Dr. No.
  • Quarrel, is a new and original videogame, currently in development by Denki. Quarrel is a word-based strategy game, described as 'Scrabble x Risk x Countdown'.http://www.square-go. ...
  • The Quarrel is a 1991 Canadian film directed by Eli Cohen and starring Saul Rubinek and R. H. Thomson . Written by David Brandes and Joseph Telushkin .
  • A verbal dispute or heated argument; A ground of dispute; a complaint; To disagree; To contend, argue strongly, squabble; To find fault; this sense?) To complain bitterly