quarrel

quarrel
I
(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
n. altercation, wrangle, squabble, spat (inf.); dispute, controversy, feud. —v. i. dispute, disagree, wrangle, squabble; find fault. See discord, disapprobation.
II
(Roget's IV) n.
1. [An angry dispute]
Syn. argument, wrangle, squabble, altercation, dispute, disagreement, dissension, falling-out, feud, spat*; see also disagreement 1 , dispute , fight 1 .
2. [Objection]
Syn. complaint, disapproval, disagreement; see objection 1 , 2 .
v.
Syn. argue, wrangle, dispute, contend, fight, squabble, bicker, clash, altercate, dissent, struggle, strive, contest, object, complain, disagree, differ, fall out, break with, be at loggerheads, be at odds, charge, allegate, feud, battle, brawl, row, spar, have words with, mix it up with*, pick a bone with*, tread on one's toes*, get tough with*, lock horns*, fall foul of*, have a brush with*, have it out*, make the fur fly*, kick up a row*, scrap*, hassle*; see also fight 2 , oppose 1 .
Ant. agree*, accord, harmonize.
Syn.- quarrel implies heated verbal strife marked by anger and resentment and often suggests continued hostility as a result; wrangle suggests a noisy dispute in which each person is vehemently insistent on his or her own views; altercation implies verbal contention that may or may not be accompanied by blows; squabble implies undignified, childish wrangling over a small matter; spat is a colloquial term for a petty quarrel and suggests a brief outburst that does not have a significant effect on a relationship
III
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus)
I
n.
dispute, disagreement, argument, fight, difference of opinion, spat, contention, row, altercation, squabble, controversy, tiff, debate, bickering, run-in, falling-out.
ANT.: agreement, accord
II
v.
dispute, disagree, argue, fight, differ, clash, *lock horns, bicker, squabble, debate, battle, wrangle, feud, contend.
ANT.: agree, *see eye-to-eye, accommodate
IV
(Roget's Thesaurus II) I noun A discussion, often heated, in which a difference of opinion is expressed: altercation, argument, bicker, clash, contention, controversy, debate, difficulty, disagreement, dispute, fight, polemic, run-in, spat, squabble, tiff, word (used in plural), wrangle. Informal: hassle, rhubarb, tangle. See CONFLICT. II verb To engage in a quarrel: argue, bicker, contend, dispute, fight, quibble, spat, squabble, tiff, wrangle. Informal: hassle, tangle. Idioms: cross swords, have it out, have words, lock horns. See CONFLICT.

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