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Quarrel (Verb)

Meaning

Have a disagreement over something; "We quarreled over the question as to who discovered America"; "These two fellows are always scrapping over something".

Classification

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.

Examples

  • The couple quarreled over whose turn it was to do the dishes that night.
  • They quarreled over the last piece of cake at the birthday party.
  • The two roommates quarreled over who had left the dirty socks on the floor.
  • Siblings often quarrel over the last toy or game they both want to play.
  • Mother and daughter quarreled over what to wear to the family gathering.

Synonyms

  • Dispute
  • Scrap
  • Altercate
  • Argufy

Hypernyms

  • Contend
  • Fence
  • Debate

Hyponyms

  • Polemise
  • Polemicize
  • Wrangle
  • Polemicise

Related Words

  • Quarrel (noun)
  • Quarreller (noun)
  • Quarreler (noun)
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