quarrel
Quarrel means a fight or dispute.
(noun)An example of quarrel is a disagreement between two children as to who a toy belongs to.
Quarrel is defined as to find fault or argue with someone.
(verb)An example of quarrel is for a teenager to debate with his mother over his curfew.
See quarrel in Webster's New World College Dictionary
noun
- a bolt or arrow with a quadrangular head, shot from a crossbow
- a small, diamond-shaped or square pane of glass, as in a latticed window
Origin: ME quarel < OFr < ML querellus < VL *quadrellum, dim. of L quadrus, a square
noun
- a cause for dispute
- a dispute or disagreement, esp. one marked by anger and deep resentment
- a falling out; breaking up of friendly relations
Origin: ME quarel < OFr querele < L querela, complaint < queri, to complain, lament < IE base *wes-, to pant, snort > wheeze
intransitive verb quarreled or quarrelled, quarreling or quarrelling
- to find fault; complain
- to dispute heatedly
- to have a breach in friendship
Related Forms:
- quarreler noun or quarreller
See quarrel in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
- An angry dispute; an altercation.
- A cause of a dispute or an argument: We have no quarrel with the findings of the committee.
- To engage in a quarrel; dispute angrily. See Synonyms at argue.
- To disagree; differ: I quarrel with your conclusions.
- To find fault; complain.
Origin:
Origin: Middle English querele
Origin: , from Old French, complaint
Origin: , from Latin querella, querēla
Origin: , from querī, to complain; see kwes- in Indo-European roots
.Related Forms:
- quarˈrel·er, quarˈrel·ler noun
noun
- A bolt for a crossbow.
- A tool, such as a stonemason's chisel, that has a squared head.
- A small diamond-shaped or square pane of glass in a latticed window.
Origin:
Origin: Middle English quarel
Origin: , from Old French
Origin: , from Vulgar Latin *quadrellus
Origin: , diminutive of Late Latin quadrus, square
Origin: , from Latin quadrum; see kwetwer- in Indo-European roots
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