Antonyms for quarrelling

Grammar : Verb

Spell : kwawr-uhl, kwor-

Phonetic Transcription : ˈkwɔr əl, ˈkwɒr-

Definition of quarrelling

Origin : "angry dispute," mid-14c., originally "ground for complaint," from Old French querele "matter, concern, business; dispute, controversy" (Modern French querelle), from Latin querella "complaint, accusation; lamentation," from queri "to complain, lament." Replaced Old English sacan. Sense of "contention between persons" is from 1570s.

verb disagree

Example sentences :

Where was the use of quarrelling about a man he was never likely to set eyes on again?
Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald

There was no scrambling or jostling for the hot water, no ill humour, no quarrelling.
Extract from : « The Uncommercial Traveller » by Charles Dickens

The little vagabonds were quarrelling over the dbris of these engines of warfare.
Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt

At first I was horribly frightened—I thought you and Marcus had been quarrelling.
Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 9 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth

A crowd had assembled, and two gentlemen were quarrelling furiously.
Extract from : « Beaux and Belles of England » by Mary Robinson

God would have no quarrelling at His just condemning of us at that day.'
Extract from : « Bunyan » by James Anthony Froude

When there are too many, they always wind up by quarrelling.
Extract from : « L'Assommoir » by Emile Zola

They were quarrelling, the two men; you heard what they said?
Extract from : « The Shadow of a Crime » by Hall Caine

She would have given anything at that moment if she could have provoked him into quarrelling with her.
Extract from : « Audrey Craven » by May Sinclair

All the nervous agitation which had set him quarrelling with his Corinne disappeared.
Extract from : « The Island Mystery » by George A. Birmingham

Synonyms for quarrelling

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