quarrel

quarrel is a 7-letter English word with 19 senses as noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: An arrow for a crossbow; -- so named because it commonly had a square head. Face value is 16 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 16 · Words With Friends 18 · 19 senses

Definitions

1. noun. An arrow for a crossbow; -- so named because it commonly had a square head.
2. noun. Any small square or quadrangular member
3. noun. A square of glass, esp. when set diagonally.
4. noun. A small opening in window tracery, of which the cusps, etc., make the form nearly square.
5. noun. A square or lozenge-shaped paving tile.
6. noun. A glazier's diamond.
7. noun. A four-sided cutting tool or chisel having a diamond-shaped end.
8. noun. A breach of concord, amity, or obligation; a falling out; a difference; a disagreement; an antagonism in opinion, feeling, or conduct; esp., an angry dispute, contest, or strife; a brawl; an altercation; as, he had a quarrel with his father about expenses.
9. noun. Ground of objection, dislike, difference, or hostility; cause of dispute or contest; occasion of altercation.
10. noun. Earnest desire or longing.
11. intransitive verb. To violate concord or agreement; to have a difference; to fall out; to be or become antagonistic.
12. intransitive verb. To dispute angrily, or violently; to wrangle; to scold; to altercate; to contend; to fight.
13. intransitive verb. To find fault; to cavil; as, to quarrel with one's lot.
14. transitive verb. To quarrel with.
15. transitive verb. To compel by a quarrel; as, to quarrel a man out of his estate or rights.
16. noun. One who quarrels or wrangles; one who is quarrelsome.
17. noun. an arrow that is shot from a crossbow; has a head with four edges
18. noun. an angry dispute

    "they had a quarrel"

    "they had words"

    Synonyms: dustup, row, words, wrangle

19. verb. have a disagreement over something

    "We quarreled over the question as to who discovered America"

    "These two fellows are always scrapping over something"

    Synonyms: altercate, argufy, dispute, scrap

Synonyms

dustup, row, words, wrangle, altercate, argufy, dispute, scrap

Common word forms

quarrels, quarreled, quarreler, quarreling, quarrelled, quarreller, quarrelous, quarrelling

Words from these letters

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