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  • noundisagreement
  • verbdisagree

synonyms for quarrel

  • altercation
  • argument
  • bickering
  • brawl
  • controversy
  • difference
  • difference of opinion
  • discord
  • dispute
  • dissension
  • disturbance
  • falling-out
  • feud
  • fracas
  • misunderstanding
  • row
  • ruckus
  • run-in
  • spat
  • squabble
  • strife
  • struggle
  • tiff
  • tumult
  • vendetta
  • wrangle
  • affray
  • beef
  • breach
  • broil
  • combat
  • commotion
  • complaint
  • contention
  • difficulty
  • disapproval
  • disputation
  • dissidence
  • dust
  • fight
  • fisticuffs
  • fray
  • fuss
  • hassle
  • objection
  • rhubarb
  • scrap
  • set-to
  • battle royal
  • brannigan
  • catfight
See also synonyms for: quarreled / quarreling

antonyms for quarrel

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  • accord
  • agreement
  • calm
  • concord
  • concurrence
  • harmony
  • order
  • peace
  • quiet
  • approval
  • calmness
  • praise
  • sanction
  • tranquility
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How to use quarrel in a sentence

Many of the Djiboutian troops come from parts of the impoverished country where quarrels are often settled with fists, rocks or shards of glass, and some have the scars to prove it.
AMERICA’S WAR IN AFGHANISTAN IS OVER. BUT IN THE HORN OF AFRICA, ITS WAR ON TERROR RAGES ONW.J. HENNIGAN/CAMP LEMMONIER, DJIBOUTISEPTEMBER 30, 2021TIME
After the quarrel, Tinterova allegedly went for a walk at night along a lonely road in the rural countryside.
HOW DID THIS COUPLE’S HOLIDAY END WITH A WOMAN GUNNED DOWN?JEREMY KRYTSEPTEMBER 30, 2021THE DAILY BEAST
The report also claims that some people believed they were lovers and having a lover’s quarrel in the elevator.
WHY IT TOOK 100 YEARS FOR AMERICA TO LEARN ABOUT THE TULSA MASSACREFABIOLA CINEASMAY 30, 2021VOX
Others wondered if the two had been sweet on each other and had a sort of lovers’ quarrel.
TO FIND ANSWERS ABOUT THE 1921 RACE MASSACRE, TULSA DIGS UP ITS PAINFUL PASTHELEN THOMPSONMAY 27, 2021SCIENCE NEWS
In May 2018, however, the statue suddenly became the center of a quarrel that went far beyond local sensibilities.
A CITY TRIED TO MOVE A MONUMENT. THE FIGHT THAT ENSUED SHOWS THE POWER OF HISTORYKEITH LOWEDECEMBER 8, 2020TIME
The consequence of this quarrel was that, early in 1794, he found himself accused as a ci-devant noble.
NAPOLEON'S MARSHALSR. P. DUNN-PATTISON
But he would not quarrel with so old a man as Monsieur Farival, so he quarreled with Mariequita.
THE AWAKENING AND SELECTED SHORT STORIESKATE CHOPIN
Villerias had another quarrel of this sort with the latter, after which they were quite friendly.
THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, 1493-1898, VOLUME XX, 1621-1624VARIOUS
Suppose a quarrel breaks out in a branch association and two parties are formed, which of them is entitled to the property?
PUTNAM'S HANDY LAW BOOK FOR THE LAYMANALBERT SIDNEY BOLLES
Sometimes a quarrel springs up in one of these associations, the members divide, who shall have the property?
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WORDS RELATED TO QUARREL

  • altercation
  • assault
  • attack
  • battle
  • brawl
  • clash
  • disturbance
  • donnybrook
  • encounter
  • fracas
  • melee
  • quarrel
  • riot
  • ruckus
  • scuffle
  • skirmish
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.