quarrel

Meaning

1. A dispute or heated argument (especially one that is verbal).
2. Often preceded by a form of to have: a basis or ground of dispute or objection; a complaint; also, a feeling or situation of ill will and unhappiness caused by this.
3. A propensity to quarrel; quarrelsomeness.

dispute

fight

have a row

kick up a row

verbal dispute

abusive language

make a stir

argue with

barrot

be at odds

be at variance

be quarrelsome

cause a stir

exchange of words

falling out

harsh words

have a fight

have an argument

kina

make a fuss

rub against

toea

object that is awkwardly long or tall

war of words

brief argument

wind and waves

rough seas

exchange words

huge fight

big row

be mutually bitter

argue together

provoke each other

unparliamentary language

strong language

have an altercation

brangle

dipute

have a stormy quarrel

honey fungus

violent language

warm language

warm words

contradict one another

loud quarrel

controverse

bad temper

compete with

difference of opinion

get angry

make war

Frequency

Hyphenated as

quar‧rel

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈkwɒɹ(ə)l/

From Middle English querele (“altercation, dispute; argument, debate; armed combat; trial by combat; basis for dispute, complaint; claim, legal suit; a lament; illness”) [and other forms], from Anglo-Norman querele [and other forms] and Middle French querele, querelle (“altercation, dispute; basis for dispute; side in a dispute; complaint; accusation; legal suit; lament; problem”) (modern French querelle), and from their etymon Latin querēla, querella (“dispute; argument; complaint, grievance; legal complaint; lament; illness”), from querī + -ēla, -ella (suffix forming nouns). Querī is the present active infinitive of queror (“to complain; to bewail, lament; to be indignant”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwes- (“to puff; to sigh”).