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quarrelling

VERB

disagree

Synonyms

STRONGEST

argue bicker break with carp complain differ fall out feud spar squabble tangle wrangle

STRONG

altercate battle brawl bump caterwaul cavil charge clash collide contend contest disapprove dispute dissent divide embroil fight hassle row scrap spat strive struggle vary war

WEAK

be at loggerheads cross swords find fault get tough with have it out have words lock horns mix it up object to set to take exception take on

Antonyms

STRONGEST

agree concur harmonize ignore

STRONG

approve endorse give in give up keep make peace retreat sanction surrender yield

Example Sentences

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According to the police, "there was a tense atmosphere and some quarrelling".

From Barron's • May 16, 2026

The quarrelling neighbors haven’t met in a test series in 16 years and one-day international and Twenty20 series in 10 years.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 13, 2023

"He wanted to vent. We learned from his mother that on the day of the incident he was quarrelling with his wife," local police chief Chakkraphat Wichitvaidya told Reuters.

From Reuters • Oct. 7, 2022

"We are told that the couple had issues and were quarrelling before," police chief Francis Wahome told AFP.

From BBC • Dec. 7, 2021

At last after bickering and quarrelling and false starts away the farmer yielded for half again the worth of an ox in those parts.

From "The Good Earth" by Pearl S. Buck