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quar·rel [ kwáwrəl ]


noun  (plural quar·rels)
Definition:
 
1. argument between people: an angry dispute between two or more people

2. reason to argue: a reason for a disagreement or dispute between people
I have no quarrel with their proposals.



intransitive verb  (past and past participle quar·reled, present participle quar·rel·ing, 3rd person present singular quar·rels)
Definition:
 
1. argue vehemently: to engage in an angry dispute

2. disagree with something: to dispute or disagree with something such as a decision

3. find fault: to complain about something

[14th century. Via French< Latin querela "complaint" < queri "complain"]

quar·rel·er noun
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