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quarrel1
 
SYLLABICATION:quar·rel
PRONUNCIATION:  kwôrl, kwr-
NOUN:1. An angry dispute; an altercation. 2. A cause of a dispute or an argument: We have no quarrel with the findings of the committee.
INTRANSITIVE VERB:Inflected forms: quar·reled or quar·relled, quar·rel·ing or quar·rel·ling, quar·rels or quar·rels
1. To engage in a quarrel; dispute angrily. See synonyms at argue. 2. To disagree; differ: I quarrel with your conclusions. 3. To find fault; complain.
ETYMOLOGY:Middle English querele, from Old French, complaint, from Latin querella, querla, from quer, to complain. See kwes- in Appendix I.
OTHER FORMS:quarrel·er, quarrel·ler —NOUN
 
 
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