To find cause of complaint; find fault; cavil.
To dispute angrily or violently; contend; squabble.
To disagree; be incongruous or incompatible; fail to be in accordance, in form or essence
Synonyms To jangle, bicker, spar.
To find fault with; challenge; reprove, as a fault, error, and the like.
To disagree or contend with.
To affect, by quarreling, in a manner indicated by a word or words connected: as, to quarrel a man out of his estate or rights.
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A quarry where stone is cut.
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A small square, or lozenge, or diamond; a tile or pane of a square or lozenge form.
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A bolt or arrow having a square or four-edged head, especially a crossbow-bolt of such form.
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An instrument with a head shaped like that of the crossbow-bolt.
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A complaint; a lament; lamentation.
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An accusation; in law, a complaint; an action, real or personal.
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Cause, occasion, or motive of complaint, objection, dispute, contention, or debate; the basis or ground of being at variance with another; hence, the cause or side of a certain party at variance with another.
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Cause in general; reason; plea; ground.
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Altercation; an altercation; an angry dispute; a wrangle; a brawl.
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A breach of friendship or concord; open variance between parties; a feud.
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A quarreler.
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Synonyms and Quarrel, Altercation, Affray, Fray, Mêlée, Brawl, Broil, Scuffle, Wrangle, Squabble, Feud. A quarrel is a matter of ill feeling and hard words in view of supposed wrong: it stops just short of blows; any use beyond this is now figurative. Altercation is the spoken part of a quarrel, the parties speaking alternately. An altercation is thus a quarrelsome dispute between two persons or two sides. Affray and fray express a quarrel that has come to blows in a public place: they are often used of the struggles of war, implying personal activity. Mêlée emphasizes the confusion in which those engaged in an affray or struggle are mingled. Brawl emphasizes the unbecoming character and noisiness of the quarrel; while broil adds the idea of entanglement, perhaps with several: two are enough for a brawl; at least three are needed for a broil: as, a brawl with a neighbor; a neighborhood broil. A scuffle is, in this connection, a confused or undignified struggle, at close quarters, between two, to throw each other down, or a similar struggle of many. A wrangle is a severe, unreasoning, and noisy, perhaps confused, altercation. A squabble is a petty wrangle, but is even less dignified or irrational. A feud is a deeply rooted animosity between two sets of kindred, two parties, or possibly two persons. See animosity.