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
- 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
- altercate
- argue
- battle
- be at loggerheads
- bicker
- brawl
- break with
- bump
- carp
- caterwaul
- cavil
- charge
- clash
- collide
- complain
- contend
- contest
- cross swords
- differ
- disapprove
- dispute
- dissent
- divide
- embroil
- fall out
- feud
- fight
- find fault
- get tough with
- hassle
- have it out
- have words
- lock horns
- mix it up
- object to
- row
- scrap
- set to
- spar
- spat
- squabble
- strive
- struggle
- take exception
- take on
- tangle
- vary
- war
- wrangle
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